Antarctica Tourist Traps

  Our penguin looking around
by Veghel
 
  • Our penguin looking around
      Our penguin looking around
    by Veghel
  • Our penguin under way to his victim
      Our penguin under way to his victim
    by Veghel
  • The victim trying to defend her pebbles
      The victim trying to defend her pebbles
    by Veghel
  • Our penguin stealing the victim's pebble
      Our penguin stealing the victim's pebble
    by Veghel
  • Our penguin walking back to his wife
      Our penguin walking back to his wife
    by Veghel
 
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Watch your pebbles!

by Veghel

I took this series of pictures on Cuverville Island, where I saw a pebble-stealing penguin (penguin nests are made of pebbles).From the nest of his wife, a (male) penguin looks around to find nests with female penguins whose husbands went out for fishing. The penguin walks to such a nest and steals a pebble. The (female) victims can't defend themselves, as they can not leave their nest because of the eggs (or small chicks). The nests are usually too large to defend from the center. After stealing the pebble, the penguin walks back to his wife's nest, holding the pebble in his mouth.The lesson from this story is: watch your wife's pebbles if she is pregnant and you are visiting Antarctica!

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Sure enough, there's a gift shop

by kweg

Think because you're in Antarctica, you'll be free of gift shops? Of course not! Your boat will more than likely have a shop selling over-priced shirts and trinkets. If you are lucky enough to land at a science station (I went to England's Port Lockroy) they will also sell postcards, shirts, and other things. You can even post a letter from Antarctic (complete with a stamp from the respective Antarctic territory). Bring US Dollars for your purchases.

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Tourist Trap - Even in the Antarctic

by GoogleGuru

The Chilean 'Research' base, Gonzalez Videla, is a popular stop on the Antarctic Cruise circuit.However, it should be known that this base is more of a revenue-generating facility than research center. The primary purpose of this base is to support Chile's claim to the Antarctic, as well as sell souvenirs to tourists on passing ships. The base is only open four months a year (the tourist season) and it's research consists solely of measuring the temperature. The research stations with post offices (of which Gonzalez Videla is one) will allow you to mail post cards from the Antarctic, and When we visited Gonzalez Videla (as a back-up, since the Ukrainian base that we were originally going to land at was unreachable by Zodiac), the base did not have any souvenirs or postage stamps - so the most that could be done was getting your passport stamped and tour the facility

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Antarctica Rescue Mission

by Pawtuxet

This is a story about a rescue my husband was involved in. One of our members asked me to enter it...hope you enjoy....and learn from it. On January 16, 1969, the Antarctic Support Activities command had a Change of Command. After the ceremony the men were givin a rare day off. One young Lt.JG and an enlisted man went for a walk on a small nearby mountain. While walking near the edge of a crevasse, the LTJG slipped and fell in. It was quite deep and V shaped. The enlisted man rushed back to McMurdo base (a distance of about a mile an a half to 2 miles) and reported the incident. A doctor who was an experienced ice climber called down to the parachute loft and asked about rescue personnel and equipment. I told him I was the only member of the Para Rescue team that was available ...so we were IT. We boarded a Sakorsky helocopter with a banana sled, peton pegs (sp?) and ropes, etc. We...

Don't fall in a crevasse!!!

by Pawtuxet

A CREVASSE IS A DEEP CREVICE IN A GLACIER, ACCORDING TO WEBSTER. THEY ARE A SIGNIFICANT DANGER ON "THE ICE". MEN AND EQUIPMENT NEED TO BE GUARDED AT ALL TIMES. NAVY PHOTOGRAPHERS CLIMBED DOWN INTO THEM FOR PHOTOS. YOU HAVE TO ASK YOURSELF IF YOU WANT A GOOD PHOTO THAT BADLY?

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There are no tourists: hence,...

by marciaca

There are no tourists: hence, no tourist traps. There are some cruise tours to Antarctica, but most do not stop on the continent.There are, of course, some suveniors in the gift shop, you need those!

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Credit Card

by Anita_Porec

You cannot use American Express to pay you bills on the ship. Visa?

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