Antarctica Travel Guide

Antarctica, the Great White Continent, a land so distant from everyday life, so filled with myth, heroes, adventure, and tragedy that even today a journey to the mere edge of this continent is an expedition into the unknown.

So you want to travel to the end of the Earth--but to get to the end, you need to know where to start. Since no one trip will encompass everything Antarctica has to offer, it’s important to consider your must-sees and identify the best match for this once-in-a-lifetime trip. It’s also vital to remember that, being such an extreme …

Sailing the Drake Passage is an epic adventure crossing one of the world's most famed, and dangerous waterways on the voyage to Antarctica.

If you haven't been inspired by them yet, let us introduce Nik & Dusty Green. Let's just say that they are two of our favorite Adventure Lifers of all time. As a result, we have asked them to take their video cameras with them in order to show all of you fine folks what our incredible trips are truly like. Follow this fun-loving …

The Sylvia Earle by Aurora Expeditions is a modern small expedition ship designed for Arctic and Antarctic adventures. With balcony cabins, expert guides, smooth sailing, and well-equipped gear areas, it blends comfort and exploration for an immersive polar-cruise experience.

The seals that populate the Southern Ocean flourish in the nutrient rich waters of the Antarctic. With diets that range from krill and small fish to even penguins and other seal pups, they are expert divers and can be seen lounging or breeding on the ice when they are not submerged deep beneath the pack ice hunting for food.

Though the Falklands' history has been influenced by the French, Spanish, Argentineans, and British, it is British culture that prevails in the islands today. Seventy percent of the ~3,000 inhabitants have British and Scottish roots, though a scattering of Scandinavian names is a legacy of the whalers and sealers who resided in the islands in the 19th century.