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Category Archives: Antarctica Cruises
Flying to Antarctica on a Hercules and the Polar Plunge on the Ocean Nova
A Fly-and-sail cruise is a fantastic way to journey to the Antarctic Peninsula, taking 2.5 hours instead of 2 days by boat, but the weather can have an effect on how you get there. After a day of set backs … Continue reading
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Review of 7-Day Antarctic Peninsula Fly-and-Cruise Day 1:
Brimming over with excitement at the thought of flying over the Drake Passage and seeing the Lemaire Channel, Charlotte Bay and the Gerlache Strait, I arrived in the port city of Punta Arenas in southern Chile on Friday 7th December. … Continue reading
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Review of 13-Day tour of Patagonia and Polar Pioneer Antarctic Cruise Review
Emma visited Patagonia in November 2012 over 13 days as part of the South America Southern Explorer tour of El Chalten, Torres del Paine and Tierra del Fuego. In Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego and boarded the Antarctic vessel, the … Continue reading
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Cruise of a lifetime – Antarctica on the Cheap
When I hear the word ‘Antarctica’, lots of images are conjured up in my mind, but those that stand out most are icebergs, penguins, whiteness and standing in the middle of nowhere in complete silence. But Antarctica means different things … Continue reading
Antarctic Cruise Review
In February 2012, Ronnette did a 10-day trip to explore Antarctica on board the MV Ushuaia, as part of a wider trip round Patagonia and beyond. She talks penguins and ice bergs and tells us about some of her most … Continue reading
Brown Bluff and the Weddell Sea vs Lemaire Channel and the Gerlache Strait
Choosing how and where to explore the Great White Continent can often be difficult when you’re mesmerised by so many idyllic sounding isles, bays and coves and operators don’t always explain where the best spots are. We offer some images … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, brown_bluff, channel, cruises, gerlache, islands, lemaire, penguins, ship, strait
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Antarctic cruises – A word of advice
After reading ‘A Bargain Cruise to Antarctica: Too Good to be True?‘ by Cruise Critic writer Susan Bryant, I started to think about what Swoop clients want to get out of a cruise to the Antarctic. Many of them are … Continue reading →