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Unlike Midwinter Day, Antarctica Day is more widely celebrated off the continent than on it. Antarctic organizations based outside of the continent, such as National Antarctic Programs or the government of Antarctic gateway cities , will often observe the holiday with public programming such as talks or movie screenings.
This was the final night of my National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions expedition cruise circumnavigating Iceland for 10 days – and watching an eruption wasn’t on the itinerary at all.
McMurdo at night in October, about the time the seasons switched from all-day darkness to all-day light Unlike the south Pole, where the Sun is continuously visible for about six months; then it is then continuously dark for the next six months, with a twilight, namely the equinoxes in between, McMurdo has times of the year where it has sunsets ...
Tourism started in Antarctica by the sea in the 1960s. Air overflights started in the 1970s with sightseeing flights by airliners from Australia and New Zealand, and were resumed in the 1990s. The (summer) tour season lasts from November to March. Most of the estimated 14,762 visitors to Antarctica from 1999–2000 were on sea cruises. [1]
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The camp is operated by Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC (ALE), a company that provides expedition support and tours to the interior of Antarctica. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The camp is situated near Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway SCGC a rare, naturally occurring, blue ice runway [ 5 ] that allows wheeled jet cargo aircraft to land.
Nearly 300 people work for the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) in Antarctica across five research stations and on the RRS David Attenborough. Snow, sun, business as usual: How scientists in ...
Midwinter Day, or Midwinter, is an annual celebration held across Antarctica on the day of the southern winter solstice (June 20 or 21). It is the continent's primary cultural holiday and, along with Antarctica Day , is one of two principal Antarctic holidays. [ 1 ]