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Antarctica travel guide

Explore Cities in Antarctica

Antarctica, the southernmost continent and site of the South Pole, is a virtually uninhabited, ice-covered landmass. Most cruises to the continent visit the Antarctic Peninsula, w…

Discover the most exciting destinations in Antarctica, from bustling cities to serene natural attractions. Plan your visit with tips on top places, cultural highlights, and must-see experiences.

Travel Guide Highlights

  • Get up close & personal with the Penguins
  • Swim in Antarctica at Deception Bay
  • Take a Zodiac Cruise in Antarctica
  • Send a Post Card from Port Lockroy
  • View the Natural Beauty at Lemaire Channel
  • Admire the Wildlife of Antarctica
  • Kayaking in Antarctica
  • Polar Plunge in Antarctica
  • Camping in Antarctica
  • Stopping at Port Lockroy
  • See the Active Volcanoes at Deception Island
  • Photograph Icebergs
  • Whale Watching in Antarctica
  • Cross the Drake Passage
  • Hop in a helicopter for a bird’s eye view
  • Kick back on an Antarctic cruise
  • Run the Antarctica Marathon
  • View the night sky in all its glory
  • Climb Observation Hill
  • Brush up on Antarctic history
  • Admire the hardy wildlife
  • Kayak around icebergs
  • Deceive the senses on Deception Island
  • Baby Penguins & Penguin Colonies
  • Explore Historic Whaling Stations
  • Dive in the clear ice-coloured waters of Antarctica
  • Blood Falls
  • Deception Island
  • Mt. Erebus
  • The Bar at Vernadsky Research Base
  • Ice Cube Research Station
  • Antarctic Exploration Museum & Post Office
  • Trinity Church on King George Island
  • McMurdo Station
  • South Pole Ice Tunnels
  • Shackleton's Antarctic Hut
  • McMurdo Dry Valleys
  • Erebus Ice Tongue Caves
  • Lake Vostok
  • Southern Pole of Inaccessibility
  • Discovery Hut
  • Base W
  • Villa Las Estrellas
  • Marie Byrd Land
  • Leningradskaya
  • The Snow Tomb of Captain Robert Falcon Scott
  • Volcano Sponge of McMurdo Sound
  • Mawson's Huts
  • Esperanza Base
  • Chapel of the Snows
  • Antarctic Sculpture Garden
  • Wilson's Stone Igloo
  • Freshly baked bread
  • Sledging biscuit
  • Pemmican (meat-bar)
  • Antarctic Hoosh Recipe (stew made in the field from pemmican, sledging biscuits and snow)
  • Ernest Shackleton's Bannocks Recipe (flatbread made on a blubber stove)
  • Antarctic Food Chain Recipe (Green rice, Red rice, Prawns and Squid with sweet chilli sauce)
  • Race around the World Recipe (Fresh fruit, Meringue and fresh cream dusted with icing sugar snow)
  • Bannock (wheat flour, a bit of baking powder and a bunch of butter)
  • Chocolate calorie bomb
  • Less Fresh Fruit and Vegetables
  • Granola
  • Honey-Soy Glazed Salmon (Oven baked Salmon on a bed of braised garlic spinach with sweet peas)
  • Beef Bourguignon (stew with bacon, onions, mushrooms and herbs)
  • Seafood Fettuccini (shrimp, fish and mussels, garlic cream sauce and parmesan cheese)
  • Tofu and Potato Hash (diced tofu and potatoes with sweet bell peppers, onion and tomato, seasoned with paprika)
  • Baked fish (Fish marinated in a sweet pineapple teriyaki sauce)
  • Desserts (ship-made ice cream and sorbets)
  • Antarctica Fruitcake
  • Black Coffee
  • Army biscuits soaked with sea-water
  • Tinned bacon & York hams
  • Blubber porridge
  • Dried and frozen food
  • Antarctic Peninsula
  • Drake Passage
  • Falkland Islands
  • Lemaire Channel
  • South Georgia
  • South Orkney Islands
  • South Shetland Islands
  • Barwick Valley
  • Beaufort Island
  • Ross Island
  • Canada Glacier
  • Anvers Island
  • Dion Islands
  • Eastern Dallman Bay
  • King George Islands
  • Dufek Massif
  • West Coast Nelson Islands
  • Marine Plain
  • Moe Island
  • Hope Bay
  • Northern Coronation Island
  • Rookery Islands
  • Southern Powell Island
  • Adelaide Island
  • Doumer Island
  • Mac. Robertson Land
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