Visit to Antarctica will make one experience the wide expanse of snow. This is the place to get yourself lost in the wilderness. Visit to Antarctica is different from visit to other places of the world as this is the place where the visitors will come across a completely different kind of situation. This is a continent where there is no government or any kind of regular administration. There is no indigenous population in Antarctica. Only the members of the different countries of the world stay in Antarctica in the different stations in Antarctica. The scientists and other technical experts of different countries constitute the total population in Antarctica. Other than the members of the different countries a good number of tourists every year visit this continent. During the year 2004-2005 the number of visitors in Antarctica was 27,324. Surface area of Antarctica is 14 million square mile. Every year 20 ships brings visitors in this continent from the different parts of the world. These are specially build ships which can withstand the extreme cold weather of the South Pole. Every ship can accommodate 45 to 280 passengers. Visit to Antarctica also include visit to some neighboring islands like South Georgia and Falkland. Large passenger vessel also sometime participate in the voyage to Antarctica. However, it is an interesting
fact about visit to Antarctica that this continent can only be visited by the ships. There is no such airstrip in Antarctica which can receive passenger aircrafts.
Summer is the best time to visit Antarctica.
Large passenger which can accommodate 960 visitors take frequent visit to Antarctica. The ships sometimes conduct only sightseeing tours. The visitors do not land on the shore of the continent on such type of tour. These tours on the cruise ships give the visitors a chance to enjoy unlimited luxury.
Yacht travel is also very popular as it gives a chance to the visitors to come into close contact with the climate of the Antarctica. |
