May 10th, 2013 at 8:00AM: Earlier this week, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) concluded their 24th annual meeting in Punta Arenas, Chile. Topics at the gathering included strategic planning for sustainable tourism in the Antarctic, methods of safe travel that can help protect the fragile ecosystem there and ways of enticing more travel companies to join the Association. During the ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Antarctica Saw More Visitors In 2012
May 10th, 2013 at 8:00AM: Earlier this week, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) concluded their 24th annual meeting in Punta Arenas, Chile. Topics at the gathering included strategic planning for sustainable tourism in the Antarctic, methods of safe travel that can help protect the fragile ecosystem there and ways of enticing more travel companies to join the Association. During the ...Ski To The South Pole Just Like Prince Harry!
Apr 24th, 2013 at 8:00AM: Yesterday, we told you that Britain's Prince Harry is planning on joining an expedition to the South Pole later this year in an effort to raise funds and awareness for the Walking with the Wounded program. The adventurous Prince will take part in a cross-country skiing race that will cover 335 kilometers (208 miles) in approximately 16 days, crossing the final three degrees of latitude before ...Britain's Prince Harry Racing To The South Pole In November
Apr 23rd, 2013 at 8:00AM: We've known for sometime that Britain's Prince Harry has an adventurous streak in him, and I'm not just talking about those questionable photos that emerged from his now infamous trip to Las Vegas last year. In April of 2011, he joined an expedition that skied to the North Pole, although he was forced to depart early in order to be home in time for his brother's impending wedding. Last week it was ...Olympic Bid Holds Tournament On 7 Continents Over 7 Days
Apr 17th, 2013 at 4:00PM:
Traveling to seven continents in seven days is grueling enough. Throw in a daily match against a former professional squash player and that makes for some pretty exhausting travel.
Two former pro squash players, Peter Nicol and Tim Garner, are in the midst of a week-long, 40,000-mile world tour in an effort to get squash into the 2020 summer Olympics. Their whirlwind competition ends in New ...Antarctica For Sissies? Hardly, As Luxury Cruise Line Turns New Page
Apr 4th, 2013 at 3:00PM:
Antarctica draws the dreams of many and the visits of just a few. Located so very far from civilization, travel to Antarctica is the stuff of hearty explorers, burly men of substance and adventure travelers. Luxury cruise ships and their pampered passengers? Not so much. Until now.
Seabourn has a fleet of small ships that travel around the world to amazing locations in opulent luxury, ...Busy Completing Your College Degree? Travel Abroad Can Help
Mar 1st, 2013 at 4:00PM:
Approaching the finish line on completing a college degree, students often struggle to pick up a class here or an internship there. Between the need to graduate on time and summer jobs, travel abroad for a whole semester is not realistic for many. Now, a new alternative promises to give students that same international experience in a program that fits their timetable.
People to People ...Packing For Extreme Cold Part II: The Expedition Layer
Feb 27th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
In Part I of "Packing for Extreme Cold Travel," I covered the basic stuff you'll pack for your adventures in crazy cold climates. If you do any winter sports at all, you'll likely have a lot of this stuff – it's your basic ski vacation gear.
In this second part, I cover the serious expedition stuff – there's not much of it, but it makes all the difference between freezing ...Global Giveaway Sends Students Traveling Worldwide
Jan 10th, 2013 at 4:00PM:
In July 2012, People to People Ambassador Group sent students to Japan for the first time since the devastating earthquake and tsunami hit in 2011. Partnering with MTV, People to People also ran an Act for Japan contest to give away one full tuition travel scholarship. Now the organization is partnering with actress Holly Robinson Peete to award five students with travel scholarships to ...Antarctica's Tallest Peak Captured, North Pole Not So Much
Dec 4th, 2012 at 2:00PM:
Antarctica is our planet's southernmost continent and home to the South Pole, permanent manned research stations, penguins and an occasional adventure cruise ship expedition. This time of year, a lot of attention traditionally goes to Earth's North Pole, home of Santa and the gang. But NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory recently passed over Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, as we see in this ...Video: A Plane Landing In Antarctica
Nov 23rd, 2012 at 8:00AM: Have you ever wondered how travelers to Antarctica get to and from the continent? I'm not talking about the thousands of tourists that go aboard a cruise ship each year. I'm referring to the explorers who ski to the South Pole or the research scientists who spend weeks studying the impact of climate change on the frozen continent. Most of them charter a flight aboard a plane operated by a company ...
Aurora Expeditions Offers Free Polar Bear Photography Workshops In The Arctic
Oct 22nd, 2012 at 4:00PM: For any traveler whose bucket list includes visiting the Arctic, Aurora Expeditions is giving you a reason to cross it off in 2013: free polar bear photography workshops.
From August 5 to 18, 2013, cruise, passengers will explore the Arctic areas of Spitsbergen and eastern Greenland before docking in beautiful Isafjordur, Iceland. During the trip, they will have the opportunity to take ...Terra Nova Expedition Ship Discovered
Aug 19th, 2012 at 3:00PM:
The ship that gave the name to Captain Robert Scott's ill-fated Terra Nova expedition has been found in the waters off Greenland, the Schmidt Ocean Institute reports.
The SS Terra Nova took Scott's British team to Antarctica in 1910. They raced to be the first to the South Pole but were beaten by Roald Amundsen's Norwegian team by only a matter of days. On their way back, bad weather set in ...Antarctic Tourism Expected To Increase In 2012-2013
Jun 15th, 2012 at 8:00AM: The International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators (IAATO) is predicting an increase in Antarctic tourism this year as adventurous travelers begin to return to the frozen continent in larger numbers. If that prediction holds true it will be the first time in four years that Antarctica will see an increase in visitors, which is good news for travel companies that operate in the region but ...Perverted Penguins Perplex Polar Pedestrian
Jun 10th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
Dr. George Murray Levick was fascinated with penguin sex. Back in 1911 and 1912, he was the first scientist to stay for an entire mating season in Antarctica in order to study penguin procreation.
What he saw, however, confused him and shocked his traditional English morals. Penguin males were having gay sex, raping females, mounting the corpses of dead females and molesting penguin chicks. ...Antarctica Heats Up As Popular Travel Destination
Apr 24th, 2012 at 1:00PM: Antarctica was once considered the horribly barren, frozen place that only brave scientists would travel to. In the past, if Antarctica was on a travel bucket list it was probably in the same category as "Walk on the Moon" or "Travel back in time." In other words, it probably was not going to happen. Recently, Antarctica has gained new popularity as a viable travel bucket list addition as more ...Icy Antarctica: a hot spot for student travel
Mar 28th, 2012 at 2:00PM: Watching whales leap out of the water is one of many opportunities travelers have when visiting Antarctica, as an increasing number of people worldwide are looking to explore the bottom of the earth. Student groups, individuals and families are frequently heading south on an Antarctica adventure that many only dreamed of just a few years ago.
Recently, a group of Michigan State University study ...Video of the Day: Antarctic baby seals
Mar 22nd, 2012 at 5:30PM:
Antarctica has been the subject of several Photo and Video of the Day posts in the last few months, but it's hard to resist adorable penguins and jaw-dropping icebergs. So sharing a video of baby fur seals frolicking in the sub-Antarctic was a no-brainer. National Geographic nomad and past Gadling contributor Andrew Evans is currently crossing oceans on a Cape (Horn) to Cape (Good Hope) trip and ...
Photo of the Day: the greener side of Antarctica
Mar 1st, 2012 at 8:00PM:
We see a lot of amazing images from Antarctica, some with jaw-dropping glaciers and icebergs, others with cuddlier subjects like penguins. Seeing the greener side of Antarctica is rarer, as we tend to envision the continent as perennially covered in ice and snow. While no trees and few leafy plants grow there, you can still see green fields like the one above captured by Flickr user ...Video: Glacier collapses into ocean, kayakers and penguins flee
Feb 28th, 2012 at 5:00PM:
Glacier Collapses Into Ocean - Watch More Funny Videos
Imagine this: You're one of the lucky ones who have embarked on a trip to the Antarctic and are exploring the waters around a glacier on a kayak. As you peacefully glide through the waters, you can't help but think that life is pretty much awesome. Suddenly, a huge chunk of the glacier breaks off and falls into the ocean. You watch, ...
Bowermaster's Adventures: The winds of change in Antarctica
Feb 20th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
We spent the morning watching and following big groups of swimming/feeding penguins on the backside of Pleneau Island, about halfway down the Antarctic Peninsula.
It was one of the most prolific wildlife scenes I've ever witnessed here. The skies were dark, hinting snow, but the incredible beauty of the scene kept us out on deck all morning. Literally thousands of Gentoos swimming and ...
