Successful restart of the Antarctic tourist season
After almost 20 months of standstill, the tourism season to Antarctica has successfully restarted with expedition cruises.
After almost 20 months of standstill, the tourism season to Antarctica has successfully restarted with expedition cruises.
For the first time, the New Zealand company Heritage Expeditions offers to live on Wrangel Island for 10 out of 20 days and to explore the natural paradise extensively.
On 2 and 4 November 2021, an Airbus A340-300 operated two flights to Antarctica from Cape Town. It is suspected that they were transports for fuel and supplies.
Argentina and Chile have opened further their portals for Antarctic voyages and operators finally are preparing for a season.
Equipment for plastics recycling was installed at the Ukrainian Antarctic station “Akademik Vernadsky”. This is to produce souvenirs for tourists.
The countries from which Antarctic voyages normally depart have announced their plans for a reopening, and the conditions.
Most of the Antarctic tour operators within IAATO are preparing for the reopening of the 21/22 season and have also defined strategies.
The government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands has issued a new stamp set to draw attention to ecosystem recovery.
In a solemn and well-attended ceremony, Hurtigruten’s newest hybrid expedition ship was named “Fridtjof Nansen” in Longyearbyen.
On 06.09.2021 at 10:38 a.m. the “Le Commandant Charcot” was the first French ship to reach the geographic North Pole.
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Two days ago, the Chilean Tourist Board announced that for the upcoming Antarctic season, foreign tourists will be allowed to enter the country.
New Zealand-based Heritage Expeditions will add new routes and new destinations to its portfolio with its new acquisition, the ex-“Hanseatic”.
Argentina plans to allow Antarctic travel from October 20, but many questions remain as to whether this opening will become a reality.
Swedish company Oceansky Cruises plans to offer more sustainable trips to the North Pole from 2023 or 24 using a new type of airship.
We want to start a cruise company in the Far East and would like to order several cruise ships from local shipyards. This is what Yuri Trutnev said in an interview.
IAATO is proclaiming Antarctic Ambassadors Day as part of its 30th anniversary and will officially celebrate it from next year.
On Thursday morning, in dense fog, a helicopter carrying tourists crashed into the Kurile Sea on the Kamchatka Peninsula.
The Canadian government plans to start welcoming international guests again on September 7, while the Arctic regions are still waiting.
Waiting for Norway and Svalbard to open up has paid off for some small expedition ships, as they can now sail after all.
Although COVID case numbers are on the rise again in several European countries due to the delta variant, some Arctic regions are opening their borders to tourists.
The SH “Minerva” has left the dry dock of Helsinki Shipyard and has been launched. Her sister ship, the SH “Vega”, was moved into dry dock on the same day.
The Falkland Islands will continue to not welcome vessels with more than 530 passengers in the upcoming 21/22 Antarctic season.
In five years the Russian Far East and the Arctic will become a tourist paradise, said the Minister Alexei Chekunkov at the Economic Forum in St. Petersburg.