Antarctica Blog Posts

February 15, 2016

Why Go to Antarctica for a Family Vacation?

Antarctica, it’s a place that many people only dream of exploring. Antarctica is very much unchanged since the early days of exploration and it is home to much more wildlife than people! To really understand how beautiful, breathtaking, and dream-like Antarctica is, you need to see it. But the best we can do until you…

December 1, 2014

Wildlife in Antarctica

By Noemi Gamel Last post I discussed the breathtaking landscape vistas available in Antarctica. This week, I wanted to focus on the unique wildlife opportunities the frozen continent has to offer. Antarctica is a birder’s paradise. Skuas, terns, and albatross are some of the pelagic bird species found here. There is something humbling about seeing…

November 24, 2014

Antarctica: The Landscape of the Frozen Continent

By: Noemi Gamel I never planned to go to Antarctica. Going there was never on my bucket list and I thought setting foot on Antarctica was as likely for me as setting foot on the moon. So you can imagine my surprise when I found myself on a boat across the violent Drake Passage on…

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