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Antarctica Weather

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

In case you don’t know, Antarctica is the coldest, windiest and driest continent in the whole world. It does sound bleak and uninviting to say the least. That is why its harsh unforgiving weather has kept human travelers away until the 19th century. You can’t survive there without a warm shelter and extreme winter wear. [...]

Antarctica – some things that you should be prepared for

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Visiting the frozen continent of Antarctica is a privilege only a few in the entire world could afford but if you do get a chance to go there, it would be a trip of a lifetime. Kapitan Dranitsyn Antarctica cruise ship: Quark Expedition  Antarctica Weather However, there are a few things you should know about [...]

Explorers’ last Antarctica cruise

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Read our previous post about the sinking of the Antarctic cruise ship: the Explorer The Explorer was on a 19-day cruise of Antarctica and the Falkland Islands, near the South Shetland Islands, letting passengers observe penguins, whales and other wildlife. You could almost say that this Antarctic cruise was really inspired by the Antarctic explorations [...]

Why did the M/S Explorer hit an iceberg?

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

At this very moment, the M/S Explorer Antarctica cruise ship has an about 23-degree list after it hit an iceberg nearby King George Island in Antarctica at 0524 GMT. The 100 passengers on board are rescued by lifeboats from 2 nearby cruiseships: the Endeavor and the well known Norwegian Nordnorge. What is intriguing though is [...]

Travel to Antarctica

Friday, November 16th, 2007

Planning your Antarctica Travel Since you don’t take an Antarctica vacation every day, and the Antarctica travel season is only 4 months, you have all the time in the world to prepare yourself for your Antarctica Travel. Read about my Antarctica Vacation: an Antarctica Cruise on the Antarctica ship "Kapitan Dranitsyn". Read the Antarctica Travel [...]

Antarctica Cruise

Monday, October 29th, 2007

If there is one place that one should go before you leave this earth for good, Antarctica is one of them. It is an excellent place to go for an adventure cruise and a trip to this white continent will be a memorable one for anyone who has the golden opportunity to make a trip [...]

Antarctica vacations

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

If you are one of those lucky ones that have been to practically every continent in the world and is fast running out of places to go (except the moon) then you should seriously think of taking a cruise to Antarctica . It is expensive for sure and depending on where you are from, the [...]

How do people get to Antarctica

Friday, October 26th, 2007

Quark Expeditions specializes in polar expeditions aboard purpose-built Expedition vessels and they have the most diverse fleet of passenger vessels in the Antarctica. It offers many departures and various itineraries than other companies. Within its fleet there is also a helicopter equipped icebreaker outfitted for expeditions in Antarctic waters. It can bring you closer to [...]

Quark Expeditions

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Quark Expeditions Cruises is one of the more established companies that organizes cruises on Russian icebreakers to the Antarctica . Their cruises focus mainly on giving you an adventure but do not expect too much luxury on board. It does roll around quite a bit so if you do not have sea legs, you are [...]