When planning a trip to the seventh continent, there are a lot of things to consider ... body of water between South America's Cape Horn and Antarctica's South Shetland Islands, and because ...

From here, ships sail across the Drake Passage – which takes approximately two days – first reaching the South Shetland Islands ... read the things nobody tells you about Antarctica cruises ...

Antarctica is not it. In total, cruises average 10 to 24 days. Expect to explore the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia Island and the Falkland Islands. Other things to do while you’re there ...

The bivalves aren’t native to Antarctica, and there’s never ... cruise ships take that exact route from Patagonia to the South Shetland Islands. “I do not see other mechanisms capable ...

Four days later on 30 January 1820, William Smith and Edward Bransfield sighted the South Shetland Islands near the Antarctic ... the coldest place on Earth. Antarctica was first sighted by ...