Emma visited Patagonia in November 2012 over 13 days as part of the South America Southern Explorer tour of El Chalten, Torres del Paine and Tierra del Fuego. In Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego and boarded the Antarctic vessel, the Polar Pioneer as part of a 12-day cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula. Emma shares her thoughts on the […]
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Review of 7-Day Antarctic Peninsula Fly-and-Cruise Day 1:
Brimming over with excitement at the thought of flying over the Drake Passage and seeing the Lemaire Channel, Charlotte Bay and the Gerlache Strait, I arrived in the port city of Punta Arenas in southern Chile on Friday 7th December. I had been looking forward to doing the Trip of a Lifetime Air Cruise which would be a week cruising around the Peninsula […]
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Antarctic Cruise Review
In February 2012, Ronnette did a 10-day trip to explore Antarctica on board the MV Ushuaia, as part of a wider trip round Patagonia and beyond. She talks penguins and ice bergs and tells us about some of her most memorable experiences on the Great White Continent. If you’d like to read more about her trip to […]
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Antarctic cruises – A word of advice
After reading ‘A Bargain Cruise to Antarctica: Too Good to be True?‘ by Cruise Critic writer Susan Bryant, I started to think about what Swoop clients want to get out of a cruise to the Antarctic. Many of them are keen photographers and being able to get a close up shot of a baby adelie […]
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