Archive for the ‘Antarctica’ Category
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Starting in the north of Argentina, there are many tropical plants and trees, such as the Brazilian Rosewood. Parts of this part of the world are almost savannah the areas close to the Andes. In the more moist parts of Argentina where grow aquatic plants.
Looking south, the country become more ...
Posted in Andes, Antarctica, Buenos Aires Argentina, Learn Spanish, South America, Study Abroad in Argentina, Study Spanish in Argentina | 2 Comments »
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
Ushuaia, Argentina - Marilyn Monroe would have understood. Stones mean wealth to penguins. And they are willing to travel great distances - and even become thieves - to acquire some pebbles.
Those who wish to observe the tuxedo-feathered creatures collecting stones must travel a great distance themselves. From Europe it is ...
Posted in Antarctica, Argentina, Cape Horn, Cruises Argentina, Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego Argentina, Ushuaia Argentina | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 4th, 2010
Destination Antarctica: A Rare Combination for Oceania Cruises Aficionados
Crown Cruise Collection highly recommends this sailing for Oceania Cruises aficionados and is offering spectacular savings along with complimentary travel insurance and $250 per cabin shipboard credit. With air included from the major gateways, a category B2 balcony stateroom is $8099, which ...
Posted in Antarctica, Argentina, Buenos Aires Argentina, Cape Horn, Chile, Cruises Argentina, Falkland Islands, Patagonia, South America, Tierra del Fuego Argentina, Uruguay, Ushuaia Argentina | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
The first thing to realise about expedition ship Via Australis, on which I recently travelled to Cape Horn, is that the name has nothing to do with Australia, except both share the same etymology - from the Latin for "south."
The second thing I discovered was just how well this little ...
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Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Last week, an e-mail friend sent me the most awesome picture of the icebergs of the Antarctic. These massive chunks of ice looked as if they had been created during a chef-gone-mad reality show.
If you can imagine the most perfectly created wedding cake — all white and stunning — but ...
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
TEEN sailor Jessica Watson has navigated a safe passage through a graveyard of wrecks and lost sailors to conquer the Everest of sailing: Cape Horn.
The Sunshine Coast 16-year-old plotted her way overnight through some of the most treacherous waters in the world off the tip of South America on day ...
Posted in Antarctica, Argentina, Cape Horn, Chile, Patagonia, South America | 9 Comments »
Monday, December 7th, 2009
This remote wilderness is like nowhere else on Earth, which makes a voyage there all the more rewarding, says Simon Calder
To the bitter end of the world. Why?
To discover a part of the planet reduced to its raw elements. "The Antarctic is to the rest of the world as ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
What does it mean to travel to the ends of the earth? Is it a matter of distance, difficulty, or something more? Who will be one's fellow travelers? What is there to discover? I only knew I was headed for terra incognita.
No one contemplates a trip to Antarctica lightly. It ...
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Monday, November 9th, 2009
With the departure last week of icebreaker “Kapitan Khlebnikov” (*), Ushuaia marked the beginning of the Antarctica cruise season. Located in the extreme south of Argentina Ushuaia has become the gateway for Antarctic cruises virtually monopolizing 92% of the traffic.
“Of the 46 cruise vessels which operate in summer months from ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Luxury Antarctica
Abercrombie & Kent has chartered what it is claiming to be the most environmentally friendly ship for the 2010-11 Antarctic season.
Le Boreal will only be launched in May and in contrast to many ice-breakers that sail to the Antarctic it is luxury all the way, with an outdoor heated ...
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