Tag archives for antarctica
Bus2Antarctica: Be There for the Send-Off!
Posted by Janelle Nanos on December 30, 2009 While the rest of us are finishing off our holiday cookies and making our New Year’s plans, our contributing editor Andrew Evans is busy packing his bags, arranging his visas, and putting together his playlist for his big bus trip from Washington D.C. to Antarctica. If you want to wish him luck, you can come…
Bus2Antarctica: Preparing the Ultimate Playlist
Posted by Intelligent Travel on December 28, 2009 Andrew Evans is busy packing his bags and getting ready to leave for the ultimate road trip. But he needs some help preparing his playlist… Road trips are awesome, especially when they have a cool soundtrack to bring lyrics to the landscapes and capture each adventure along the way. Seeing as I’m about to embark…
Announcing: Bus2Antarctica
Posted by Intelligent Travel on December 23, 2009 It’s been a big year for our contributing editor Andrew Evans. He’s helped us learn how to track lions in Africa, he’s smuggled home lobsters from Maine, and he made his foray into reality television. But on January 1, 2010, he’s going to embark on a real adventure. We’ll let him explain the details… I…
Antarctic Treaty Looks to Limit Ship Size
Posted by Janelle Nanos on December 10, 2009 Some good news is coming out of Antarctica this week, as the countries who manage the region are currently in meetings to discuss new controls over the fleets of passenger ships that have been swarming its icy waters. Tourism to the Antarctic has jumped from 10,000 visitors a decade ago to over 45,000 this past…
Tour Guide: See Antarctica in 12 Hours?
Posted by Jeannette Kimmel on October 17, 2008 Want a quick way to check the seventh continent off your must-see list? An Australian company offers a 12-hour sightseeing flights of Antarctica. Since 1994, Croydon Travel (in conjunction with Qantas) has been taking tourists on air tours of the icy South Pole. During the flight (three hours getting to the ice, four hours over…
On Board the National Geographic Explorer
Posted by Janelle Nanos on October 14, 2008 “What other magazine has a navy?” asked Marilyn excitedly as we pulled up alongside the great blue hull of of the National Geographic Explorer, which was docked in the Alexandria, VA harbor last week. The recently refurbished expedition vessel, working in partnership with Lindblad Expeditions, is on its maiden voyage down to the Antarctic. Working…
