Antarctica Is A Place Apart For Travelers
An ever-increasing enterprise in the US, is arranging vacations to off the beaten path places
, for disenchanted travelers. US citizens have grown tired of visiting the usual locations like Mexico and Monte Carlo.People who have cruised before don't want to go back to the Caribbean. They are looking for something completely different from the usual. The vacation that tops all others, in terms of brag-ability and exotic nature, is one to Antarctica.
The travel itself is actually not as hard as you might think. Your travel will include a 24 hour airplane ride out of New York, followed by a three day ocean journey leaving from Ushuaia's little port on South America's southernmost tip.
Tourists may feel safer knowing the US Navy is present in Antarctica. The US naval base is one of a number established in the Antarctic by various nations starting in the late 1950s.
The US navy's presence here, can certainly come in handy, in the event that ice traps the tourists' vessel, or an individual slips into an ice crevasse, although the American navy men, themselves, don't appear to be that enthusiastic about the increase in vacationers visiting the frozen continent.
What does Antarctica have to offer for tourists? A great deal of the attraction of Antarctica is the opportunity to take pictures of and study the wildlife of the continent.
Seabirds, whales, seals and penguins are among the fascinating creatures you might see on a voyage to Antarctica. If you're more into active geologic phenomena you can get your wish in the form of an active volcano.
An ice cone twelve-thousand feet up spewing plumes of white smoke into the sky. This is a sight that is unparalleled, even by two, more well known volcanoes.
What kind of traveler will pay up to $5,000 for travel fares to Antarctica? This is a choice made primarily by doctors and scientists. However, your basic tourists -- husbands and wives and the like -- also make up the growing tourist base.
There have even been a few adventurous grandmothers on some trips. One representative of a travel agency states that recently there has been quite a bit of interest in Antarctica.
He comments that long gone are the days when only a handful of risk-taking adventurers got to experience the natural wonders of this frozen land, as viewing the majestic beauty of Antarctica, is now an experience within practically anyone's grasp.
The spokesperson for the US Navy states that the US government only asks that Antarctic tourists meet certain safety standards, rely on themselves and follow the international agreements for conservation and preservation of the continent.
Scientists and conservationists are worried about this. They imagine looting, littering tourists who harass wildlife and deface the historical monuments.
The hut at Cape Royds is one example of Antarctica's historically significant sites, as it appears today as it did in 1907, when a well known explorer and his team made this their home for the winter.
There are shelves stocked with canned food in it's original condition, cupboards filled with hung clothes, and King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra seen in framed portraits on the walls. The table holds a newspaper that had been printed in a major European city during that same year.
You'll see tourists climbing a small hill to get better photos of the Antarctic Mountain Range. They are over 900 miles away, but can be clearly seen through the clean Antarctic air.
They are the guardians of the South Pole. The first explorers and other pioneers were met with flat, crusty ice when they reached the pole.
Today, the South Pole is marked with an eight-foot tall, orange and blue barber's pole. It has a silver reflective ball on the top.
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