enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Tourism in Antarctica - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_Antarctica

   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]

3. Mount Erebus disaster - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Erebus_disaster

   Flight 901 was designed and marketed as a unique sightseeing experience, carrying an experienced Antarctic guide, who pointed out scenic features and landmarks using the aircraft's public-address system, while passengers enjoyed a low-flying sweep of McMurdo Sound. [3] The flights left and returned to New Zealand the same day.

4. Wolf's Fang Runway - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolf's_Fang_Runway

   Wolf's Fang Runway is a runway in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. [1] Flights operate to and from the runway during summer in the Southern Hemisphere. [2] It is operated by White Desert, a British tour operator offering a commercial private jet service to Antarctica.

5. Airlines are now selling tickets for scenic 'flights to nowhere'

   www.aol.com/news/airlines-now-selling-tickets...

   Tickets ranged in price from $575 to $2,765, and with 134 seats available, the flight sold out in 10 minutes. A spokeswoman told Reuters on Thursday it was "probably the fastest selling flight in ...

6. Troll Airfield - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_Airfield

   Troll Airfield is an airstrip located 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) from the research station Troll in Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.Owned and operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute, it consists of a 3,300-by-100-metre (10,830 by 330 ft) runway on glacial blue ice on the Antarctic ice sheet.

7. 'Flightseeing': Get a helicopter tour right from your cruise

   www.aol.com/flightseeing-helicopter-tour-cruise...

   Here's a look at Scenic Cruise's Greenland cruise that offers helicopter flights. ... in time for its Antarctica sailings that begin in early December. The oceangoing ships are two of the newest ...