The journey to the South Pole seventh luxurious feeling, strange customs

Just asAustraliaA well-known television producer Andrew Denton said: if the Antarctic is music, it must be Mozart; art, that must be Michelangelo; drama, it is Shakespeare, and, it must be greater than the presence of.

Antarctic glacier

"Rubber boat bottom rubs up against the black sand, I strongly hold the body, jump to the ground, a reel, busy flurry hands to maintain body balance, raised his head, a penguin in the not far from cocked her head and stared at me, his eyes say: you this upright on two legs, on land actually I also clumsy than! It is no wonder that tension, that was the first time for me to break into a piece of not only the natives living in the mainland."

Starting from Ushuaia

Latitude 54 �� 47'Beagle Channel on the north shore of Ushuaia, this place in the public mind, far from the famous Buenos Aires. But with the help of special people, but here in the Holy Land -- Ushuaia to Buenos Aires, a distance of 3218 km, but it to Antarctica only 960 km distance. From australia,New ZealandTo go to Antarctica need another week, and starting from Ushuaia, across the Strait of Drake two days to reach. This unique geographical advantage makes it an expedition to Antarctic base.

Each to this season, the Ushuaia port becomes very busy.

Ushuaia can be seen everywhere in the AntarcticTravelingThe poster. The northern hemisphere autumn, the Antarctic ice slightly thawed, port full stopLinerThe ship, many, also like this I want to rideLuxury cruise. Pang Lo cruise "awes Zhuo" is the 2011 new manufacturing super luxury cruise, the room is new and spacious comfortable, fashionable design, different from those of sailing in the popular travel cruise, its internal hardware facilities, although do not lose the luxury cruise, but here there is no party, no need to tie, some just in outdoor equipment, dressed in photographic equipment and telescope gentlemen; meet on the deck, the conversation is nothing but:

"Hey, you know what I saw today?"

Sorry.

"The whales, also the water, oh, really magical."

Starting from Ushuaia, then through the Drake Strait, which is an important channel connecting South America and antarctica. Information on that, near latitude 40 �� ~60 ��, one is called the storm area waters; in the role is strong, and fromIndiaThe comprehensive effect of ocean heat flow and the Antarctic cold high pressure convergence, low pressure cyclone continuously to move from west to East, off the ocean in the tempestuous waves, this is the "talk of the sea expedition" color, and is known as the "roaring 40 ��, 50 ��, crazy roar of the 60 ��" southern ocean storm area. This is a violent wind is howling. Channel, history has so many ships on the overturning sea. So, the Strait of Drake called "the murder of westerlies", "storm corridor", "devil strait". Now, sailing safety is guaranteed, so there is no longer a "devil", but the "sea strait". A journey of two days, "ship" is not enough to let people confused and disoriented.