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Post #901162
2026-02-03 21:32 UTC
@CleoQc Antarctica tourism is definitely growing in popularity. There are limits to how many people can be in any one area at a given time, so it's best to travel on a small(er) ship which can get most of its passengers ashore at one time and also navigate the narrower coves and areas which will have better shelter from wind and waves. Our ship had about 140 passengers, and we made 10 different stops to different locations on the South Shetland islands and Antarctica...
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@geekmomprojects@mastodon.social 2026-02-03 21:34
@CleoQc ...At two of the stops, the weather was too rough to disembark, which is a pretty common occurrence, but we had 8 shore excursions on the trip, and the view from the ship itself is pretty stunning. There are 4 days travel (two each way) through the Drake passage, which can be pretty rough seas, though it was a bit better than average when we crossed, so I feel pretty fortunate about how the whole trip went.