subject: Travel To Antarctica: The Exotic Getaway You've Been Seeking! [print this page] Planning and implementing unique travel experiences is becoming a booming business for Americans. People who have traveled extensively from the US are tired of visiting the usual places.
The Caribbean no longer draws those who have cruised there before. They want something more thrilling and exotic.
For a vacation with a destination that is truly off the beaten path, and one which will amaze friends upon your return, there is none better nor different than an awe-inspiring trip to Antarctica.
You can reach Antarctica quite easily today. You'll take a twenty-four hour flight from New York to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, and then you sail for three days.
You will feel confident and secure, while in Antarctica, thanks to the United States Navy's occupation here. The US, and several other countries, has had active bases on Antarctica since 1957.
While the sailors of the US navy may have misgivings about the growth of Antarctic tourism is can be quite reassuring to know that they are there should a traveler fall into a crevasse in the ice or if a tour ship becomes icebound.
What can travelers do in Antarctica? 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.
Visit an active volcano and see the smoke escape the 12,000 foot ice cone. This sight alone easily trumps other volcanoes as tourist fare.
Who do you think would choose to pay up to $5,000 in fares to get to Antarctica? Doctors and scientists seem to dominate the field. More and more married couples are traveling there.
Several of the trips have hosted grandmothers. According to a spokesperson for a travel agency, there is a large increase in interest in Antarctica.
Travel agents are now aware that Antarctica is no longer a punishingly brutal but wildly beautiful place for only explorers; it is now possible for ordinary people to go and experience its wonders without endangering their lives.
A spokesperson for the United States Navy indicates that the American government's single requirement regarding tourists visiting Antarctica is that they satisfy safety benchmarks, are self-sufficient and adhere to the international treaties regarding the protection and preservation of the continent. Of course, visitors are of some concert to the scientific and conservationist communities.
They can all too easily foresee Antarctica as tourist trap, with troops of unruly "Ugly American" tourists running roughshod over the terrain, terrifying the indigenous wildlife, littering everywhere and even leaving graffiti on the few monuments of historical interest that exist in Antarctica.
among these historic places is a the hut at Cape Royds that was the 1907 winter home of one famous explorer and his group which remains just as it was left by them. There are still canned goods in fine shape on the shelves, clothing hanging in the closets and portraits of Queen Alexandra and King Edward VII hanging on the walls.
An open edition of a notable European city newspaper can yet be found on the table.
Even though they are over 900 miles away from the small hill, tourists still climb it get better photos of the Antarctic Mountains. They house the South Pole.
The pole wasn?t previously marked. Explorers and pioneers saw nothing different when getting there originally.
The "new" version of the South Pole is a real pole, complete with barber's stripes in orange and blue, and crowned by what looks like a silver disco ball.
by: John Chambers
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