It is made to land on ice or cobble beaches.) Antarctica’s “summer” months are different from the United States, and tourists can only visit during Antarctica’s “summer” between ...

During the COVID summer of 2020-21, just 15 tourists on two yachts visited Antarctica. But now, tourism is back – and bigger than ever. This season’s visitor numbers are up more than 40% over ...

(Related Article) The Antarctic summer runs from November through March ... a day or two here organizing gear and practicing glacier travel techniques. Low Camp, or Camp 1 (2,743 meters/9,000 ...

Shocking images of mass tourism in the pristine environment have Antarctic Treaty countries considering a tax for visitors, who are attracted by videos posted on social media ...

Antarctica was once a distant, almost mythical destination at the end of the world. However, in the age of global travel, more people than ever can witness the towering icebergs in shimmering ...

The Turkish Antarctic Expedition placed four different PV module types - monocrystalline, polycrystalline, flexible and ...

show that the number of tourist ship visits has risen from fewer than 200 in 2003 to 540 in the 2023-24 summer season. While advocates argue that Antarctic tourism raises awareness and helps to ...

Tourists to Antarctica are fueling research on some of the tiniest, most influential organisms on Earth: phytoplankton. These ...

While Covid-19 might be a major concern for the Antarctic tourist industry, it could be good news for the region itself. A rugged land of glaciers, mountains and fjords, South Georgia is one of ...

A massive superberg, four times as big as New York City, has halted east of the southern tip of South America.

Antarctica was once a distant, almost mythical destination at the end of the world. Now, more people than ever – not just lone explorers and adventurers – can experience the towering icebergs ...

“If you look on nautical charts, it calls this island Bombay Island after this boat,” Lockton said of the remains of an old ...