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Transport in Antarctica The South Pole Traverse , also called the South Pole Overland Traverse , [ 2 ] is an approximately 995-mile-long (1,601 km) flagged route over compacted snow and ice [ 3 ] in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station , both operated by the National Science Foundation of ...
Bellingshausen and Lazarev became the first explorers to see and officially discover Alexander Island and Peter I Island in Antarctica in 21–28 January 1821. 1820 – Edward Bransfield with William Smith as his pilot – on 30 January 1820, sight Trinity Peninsula ( 63°37′S 58°20′W / 63.617°S 58.333°W / -63.617; -58
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]
White Desert Ltd. is a British tour operator conducting expeditions to Antarctica. As of 2021, it is the only company to offer a commercial private jet service to the continent. [2] [3] Its Whichaway Camp is described by multiple publications as Antarctica's first and only hotel. [4] [5] [6]
Spanish startup HALO Space hopes to begin commercial flights to near-space in 2026. The flights will last around six hours and prices start at $164,000 a ticket.
A joint Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marines operation supported an overland tractor train traverse that left out of Little America V in late 1956 to establish the station. . The train was led by Army Major Merle Dawson and completed a traverse of 646 miles (1,040 km) over unexplored country in Marie Byrd Land to blaze a trail to a spot selected beforeha
Union Glacier Blue-Ice Runway (IATA: UGL, ICAO: SCGC) is the blue ice runway [2] for Union Glacier Camp in Antarctica. It is located in the Heritage Range, Ellsworth Mountains, on the glacier that gives it its name. It is operated by Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions LLC (ALE), a company that provides expedition support and tours to the ...
Encounters at the End of the World is a 2007 American documentary film by Werner Herzog about Antarctica and the people who choose to spend time there. It was released in North America on June 11, 2008, and distributed by ThinkFilm. [2]