While chatting to my Dad a couple of weeks ago for his birthday (happy birthday Daddo!), he mentioned that he had seen an advert in the newspaper for sightseeing trips to Antarctica starting at $1199 or so. We are both tight-arses so would only go for the lowest price, and in particular I would only go for that because I am not supposed to be doing any big travel for five years (as I plan to buy a house).
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| "Coronation 14" |
Anyway, he told me he'd look into it and get back to me...but suffice it to say that for me, this is a total bucket list item and I would definitely break my own "no travel" rule to tick it off my list. I have always daydreamed about visiting the Arctic or Antarctic (or both) regions, and this seems like the perfect opportunity.
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| "Iceberg wash" |
You can read more about the sightseeing flights at
this website, and learn some intriguing facts about Antarctica. For instance, apparently the coldest temperature ever recorded in the world was recorded on Antarctica, when temps dropped to nearly -89.2 °C. Yikes! Antarctica is also sometimes referred to as a "polar desert". And I found
this interesting - a few countries claim to "own" bits of Antarctica, and yet a few other countries reserve the right to claim some for themselves, while also denying any other nation's pre-existing "claim". Funny stuff.
The images of Antarctica used in this post are free-to-use (under certain conditions) images available from CoolAntarctica.com, a site that has a whole heap of beautiful images that can be perused.
