Author: Helen Cross

With family members spread across the globe from England to Fiji, New Zealand and Australia, travel has always been in Helen's blood. As a keen wild swimmer, by far her favourite Antarctic experience is doing the polar plunge – even if she doesn't get to stay in as long as during her regular swims!

Helen Cross from Swoop Antarctica on Deception Island
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What I learned from my first trip to Antarctica

If there is another place in the world whose mere mention conjures up such intrigue and inspiration as Antarctica, I am yet to find out about it. For me, Antarctica is a story rendered up by torch light on a dark winter’s evening, a glimpse into another planet uninhabited by human beings and the living […]

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Helen Cross Swoop customer experience coordinator in Antarctica
  • By Helen Cross
  •  | Polar specialist

29th November 2023