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  2. Oceanwide Expeditions - Wikipedia

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    Oceanwide Expeditions is a Dutch company specializing in expedition-style voyages to Antarctica and the Arctic. Deploying its own fleet of ice-strengthened vessels , Oceanwide emphasizes small-scale, flexible tours that provide passengers close contact with polar wildlife, landscapes, and historical sites.

  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. Nathaniel B. Palmer (icebreaker) - Wikipedia

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    Nathaniel B. Palmer is able to support up to two helicopters, accommodates up to 45 science and technical personnel, has a crew of 22 and is capable of missions lasting up to 65 days. The vessel is named after merchant mariner and ship builder Nathaniel Brown Palmer, credited by some historians as the first American to see Antarctica. [2]

  5. How the coldest place on Earth became one of the world’s ...

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    An increasing number of luxurious expedition cruises and cruise-only voyages on larger liners has brought a surge of travelers to Antarctica. Here’s what it’s like to visit.

  6. White Desert (company) - Wikipedia

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    On 2 November 2021, a HiFly Airbus A340-300 (9H-SOL) landed on Wolf's Fang Runway on a flight from Cape Town, becoming the largest aircraft to ever land there and the first Airbus A340 to land in Antarctica. [18] [19] Apart from amenities, the company offers trips to nearby structures, a guided wildlife tour, and a trip to the Geographic South ...

  7. Mount Kirkpatrick - Wikipedia

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    Mount Kirkpatrick holds one of the most important fossil sites in Antarctica, the Hanson Formation. Because Antarctica used to be warmer and supported dense conifer and cycad forest, and because all the continents were fused into a giant supercontinent called Pangaea , many ancient Antarctic wildlife share relatives elsewhere in the world.

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