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Podcast: Things that surprise first-time visitors to Antarctica
Everything you should know about travelling to the great ice continent, from what to pack to what to do once you get there.
Everything you should know about travelling to the great ice continent, from what to pack to what to do once you get there.
It's cold when you first get in, but then you go numb.
The food may be way better and the journey more environmentally friendly than it used to be, but the magic of visiting this part of the world never changes.
If Antarctica is the end of the world, then for some, Elephant Point is its final terminus – the end of the end of the world.
The white continent's beguiling beauty is well worth a voyage across rugged Drake Passage.
When a writer visits the Arctic then Antarctica in quick succession, he sees the world in a whole new light – twice over.
Freezing temperatures and unimaginable landscapes: why everyone should consider travelling to Antarctica and the Arctic.
I look out the tall windows beside me, frothy waves crashing up against them, feeling like a banana in a blender.
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