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2. Antarctic gateway cities - Wikipedia

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   Cape Town is the largest of the gateway cities and the farthest from Antarctica. In addition to South Africa's own national Antarctic program, the programs of Russia, Germany, Belgium, Norway, and Japan also reach Antarctica via Cape Town. [1] As of 2021, tourism company White Desert has offered direct commercial flights from Cape Town to ...

3. South Pole Traverse - Wikipedia

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   The South Pole Traverse, also called the South Pole Overland Traverse (SPoT), [2] or McMurdo–South Pole Highway [3] is an approximately 995-mile-long (1,601 km) flagged route over compacted snow and ice [4] in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, both operated by the National Science Foundation of the United States. [5]

4. Tourism in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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   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]

5. 12 Bucket-List Cruises for Seniors and Retirees - AOL

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   Its ships travel to about 900 destinations on seven continents. Silversea's small luxury ships range in size from 50 to 304 suites for those seeking more intimate surroundings.

6. The cheapest way to travel across the country - AOL

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   According to AAA, the national average of fuel per gallon is $2.62 in July 2016. Using the AAA road trip calculator, we found it would cost approximately $300 to drive straight from San Francisco ...

7. Transport in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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   Part of a traverse, which was bringing fuel, food, and other supplies from Dumont d'Urville Station to Dome C (Concordia Station).January 2005. Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open era due to human technologies enabling more convenient and faster transport, predominantly by air and water, but also by land ...