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Drake’s passage is the foreboding gatekeeper that divides the last bit of south America from the Antarctic continent. With terrible weather, colliding current streams and absolutely no land to calm the water, it is a rough 400 mile stretch. I only hoped to see icebergs and penguins. Other than that, I harbored no concept as [...]

Some people will travel just about anywhere. This was the idea that led a businessman and brainstormer to organize a charted flight, the first one in the world, heading for the Antarctic on February 13, 1877. For this lively electronics executive who was 33 years old, looking at a map one morning made him wonder [...]

Travel deals abound in Madrid, Spain, such as flights for less than $200 to apartment flats for $64/night. Staying in an artistic apartment flat is one of the hottest trends in extended stay accommodations, whether you’re staying for a week or a month. Yet some people also enjoy the ritzy swank of the luxury hotels [...]

During December in Antarctica, a bright summer morning may see the temperature rise to 25 degrees below zero.This is compounded by the fact that the miles of glacier are home to gale force winds that can make your eyelids frozen in a second.The South Pole may well be home to the earth’s most ungracious, relentless [...]

Paris is a much loved European destination for many Americans. ParisApartamento barato Paris being the main destination in France, is the gateway for most travellers coming by airplane. As a gateway city, Paris ends up with tons of guests who spend time within that city unaccompanied. Not only is it a great tourist destination, it [...]

Like a monument to the end of Antarctica’s age of innocence, the cruise ship’s badly gashed orange hull rises out of ice blue waters. Penguins calmly perch atop the overturned vessel, unaware of the danger in thin oily sheen on the water around them. The tens of thousands of diesel fuel gallons that poured through [...]

That time off is so badly needed, but nothing could possibly be worst than making travel plans and not realizing that a passport to Cancun is needed until it is too late. People are getting all kinds of bad information about this right now and not being prepared can be the difference in having a [...]