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Why
Antarctica is special
Antarctica offers the traveler a rich variety of memorable
sights and experiences.
Antarctica's top ten attractions
Listed alphabetically:
Deception Island
Dry Valleys
Iceberg Calving
Lemaire Channel
Jagged Mountain Peaks
Paradise Harbor
Penguin Colonies
Polar Ice Cap
Ross Ice Shelf
South Pole
Four of the above attractions are silver medal winners and the
other six are bronze medal winners.
Photos & descriptions I give brief descriptions of the above top
ten attractions later on this page. You will also photos and a
locator map..
Visiting Antarctica
The remote continent is now an an adventure vacation travel
destination. Nearly 10,000 tourists do the trip via cruise ship
tours
Several organized boat tours operate during the southern
hemisphere summer, October through February.
There are also occasional same-day fly-overs (no landings) from
Australia.
What leading travel books say about Antarctica
Antarctica is at once fertile and sterile, wet and dry, inviting
and inhospitable.
Antarctica Destinations
National Geographic
Wind speeds of Antarctica top 320 kilometers per hour.
Antarctica
Lonely Planet
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