As a tour member, you will also take part in a scientific study of your own. You can choose from a multitude of topics. While studying the Antarctic water, tourists may see that it holds more organic matter than water from anywhere else in the world. Sleeping is done on the ship, and then travelers are taken via boat to their various excursions. The US Winter season it is actually Summer in the southern hemisphere and visa versa. Even with relatively balmy summer temperatures of thirty degrees, the Antarctic summer is brisk due to the frigid winds. Despite the cold temperatures, tourists will find that they stay warm in the gear that is provided for them; including long pants, mittens and parkas.
Starting out in New York, this specific travel program, flies tourists to Buenos Aires or Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego
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There is an exhilarating new vacation destination, ideal for those individuals who are bored with the regular spots such as the Bahamas, Rome, Canada, Paris, Mexico, and Maldives, and that destination is Antarctica. Recently more and more individuals have discovered the frozen
still life paintings , windy southern continent. Up until recently Antarctica was one of the seven continents children in school learned about in books and then, like the rest of us, soon forgot about it.
You’ll also be able to see sea leopards and elephant seals. The elephant seals can weigh up to two and a half tons each. You probably didn’t realize that you would be able to visit whale graveyards on your Antarctic adventure. Tour guides strongly urge tourists not to bring the whale vertebrae back as trip memorabilia because of stiff overweight charges on return flights.
Once you make it to Antarctica you don’t have to limit your experience to feeding a penguin or carving your initials into an iceberg. The Antarctic tour also makes stops at several U.S. and U.S. stations set up for scientific study of both glacial and marine biology
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The hardy seamen who survived traversing these dangerous waters in the early days of sailing were permitted to top one foot on the table when the after dinner port was passed around. Travel through the Antarctic Circle gave the seaman the right to put both feet on the table. Sailors still celebrate with this tradition.
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