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2. Tourism in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. McMurdo Station - Wikipedia

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   McMurdo Station was the center of United States logistical operations during the International Geophysical Year,[4]an international scientific effort that lasted from July 1, 1957, to December 31, 1958. After the IGY, it became the center for US scientific as well as logistical activities in Antarctica.

4. Transport in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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   This is the first time tire based vehicles successfully travel on the Antarctica high plateau. In 2005, a team of six people took part in the Ice Challenger Expedition. Travelling in a specially designed six wheel drive vehicle, the team completed the journey from the Antarctic coast at Patriot Hills to the geographic South Pole in 69 hours. In ...

5. South Pole Traverse - Wikipedia

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   South Pole Traverse. The South Pole Traverse, also called the South Pole Overland Traverse, [2] is an approximately 995-mile-long (1,601 km) flagged route over compacted snow and ice [3] in Antarctica that links McMurdo Station on the coast to the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station, both operated by the National Science Foundation of the ...

6. In Less Than a Year, You Might Not Be Able to Travel to ... - AOL

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   Antarctica is one of the most difficult and expensive places to visit as a tourist. ... the weak Yen has also increased travel demand. Since October 2023, the cost of a JR rail pass has risen by ...

7. Antarctic gateway cities - Wikipedia

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   The Antarctic gateway cities are five cities on the rim of the Southern Ocean through which nearly all cargo and personnel bound for Antarctica pass. [1] From west to east, they are Punta Arenas, Chile; Ushuaia, Argentina; Cape Town, South Africa; Hobart, Australia; and Christchurch, New Zealand. As Antarctica is a low-resource environment with ...