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Trips to Antarctica for the elderly | Your questions
Question My father is keen to go to Antarctica for his 80th birthday in October. He is fit for his age but a bit wobbly on his feet at times. Our family has connections to the Mawson expedition, so he would particularly like to see anything to do with that. Im wondering what our
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Travel to Macquarie Island | Shore things in the deep south
A seal lazes by the water on Macquarie Island.
The locals are out in force to greet Maria Visconti at the sub-Antarctic outpost, Macquarie Island. I feel like a paratrooper, my armour composed of layers of thermal
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Sailing for singles
Southbound ... cruise to the Antarctic.
Solo in the Southern OceanSmall can be beautiful for solo travellers. The expedition ship MV Le Boreal accommodates 264 passengers but luxury tour operator Abercrombie & Kent cap
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Antarctic cruises | Cheap cruises to Antarctica | A feeling for ice
A cruise through the icebergs.
MV Ushuaia.
A penguin on Cuverville Island.
Close to a curious nat
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Antarctica cruise | MV Orion review | In memory of Mawson
On parade ... the MV Orion approaches the Antarctic continent.
A century after the explorer embarked on his expedition, Louise Southerden steps ashore on Australias Antarctica. Youve spent days crossing the Southe
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Frequent flyer: Alasdair McGregor
Antarctica shows you that nature is in control, says Alasdair McGregor.
Inscrutable Antarctica continues to reveal itself to this explorer. Q How many times have you sailed to Antarctica?
A Ive been on ab
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Where mobile phone rings are the worst sound in the world
Emperor Penguins, Antarctica.
The first ring was shocking when it came. After 10 days you forget that things such as mobile phones even exist, so to hear one trilling away in someones pocket seemed so out of place
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Deals - international
$ IrelandBreak out your green clobber and do St Patricks Day in Dublin as part of a tour. Join the four-day festival, March 15-18, 2012, and get three nights hostel-style accommodation, breakfast and guided transport to the St Patricks Day Parade on March 17. For travellers aged
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Lonely Planets amazing natural phenomena | 1000 Ultimate Sights
Tourists watch the sun being blocked by the moon during a solar eclipse in the Australian outback town of Lyndhurst, about 700kms north of Adelaide, in late 2002.
Nature is always amazing, but sometimes it pulls a
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Journey to bird central
Rare and remote ... a rookery of royal penguins on Macquarie Island.
John Huxley joins a shipload of experts, enthusiasts and penguin people on a mission in the Sub-Antarctic Islands. Their 15-day expedition to th
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Into the deep freeze
Lucky dip ... an emperor penguin rookery on the Weddell Sea.
Surrounded by penguins and pack ice, Robert Upe hears tales of polar endurance in the Weddell Sea. Almost a century ago, the polar explorer Ernest Shack
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Tripologist: a shipshape way to see spectacular sights
Nosing around ... Trondheim, Norway.
I am planning to go to the Arctic (Svalbard) via Norway in July on a small group tour. I will be travelling by myself and wonder what I should see in Norway. I have about eight days
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Over the moon about Half
Chills and thrills ... penguins at play on Half Moon Island.
With two and a bit days of crossing the Drake Passage [between South America and Antarctica], it was a sublime way to be introduced to Antarctica.A sunn
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More than just a night on the ice
Cool ... Troy Conley among the Antarctic ice.
We had dinner as normal on the ship, then after dinner we were taken out in zodiacs to where we were going to be camping.The group was just over 20 people, so a nice small
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Antarctica Sightseeing Flights | To Antarctica, in a day
Frozen ... a view of Antarctic mountains.
From 3000 metres, Lissa Christopher views the frozen continent on a flight-seeing tour - and shes home for dinner. From where Im sitting, it looks as though a giant has had a t
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Frequent Flyer, James Castrission
Adventurer James Castrission embraces the unknown.
This adventurer fears the unknown, but explores it anyway. Q Last year you and Justin Jones were the first team to complete an unsupported return journey to the South
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Fearless six aim to recreate the Shackleton trip
The Endurance is stuck in the ice. Photo by Frank Hurley
SIX British and Australian adventurers are about to recreate one of the greatest journeys of human survival.In 1914, Ernest Shackleton, a seasoned British explor
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Hard journey, soft landing
First leg completed ... crew members arrive at South Georgia.
Six British and Australian adventurers recreate one of the greatest journeys of human survival.
The crew of the Alexandra Shackleton arrived at King Ha
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Serving up more
Fun in the sun ... around the pool on the Pacific Dawn. But cruises cater to all interests, from gastronomy to philanthropy.
TO THE uninitiated, cruising may appear a one-dimensional kind of holiday, floating on t
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That shrinking feeling
The average water temperature in summer is a balmy zero degrees.
Sam Vincent gets that shrinking feeling on a dip to prove his polar credentials.In Moscow theyre called walruses, hardened bathers who brave the winter c
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