What to prepare for a trip to Antarctica

Are you interested in traveling to Nanjing? In fact, the cost of traveling to Antarctica is definitely not cheap. If you are planning to travel, the following routes are recommended. There is also some relevant travel guide information. Let’s take a look.

About the choice of Antarctic cruise route:

The first one is a short trip, usually staying in Antarctica for 3-6 days, only going to the Antarctic Peninsula (including the South Shetland Islands and King George Islands) ). The second is a long-term trip, lasting from more than 20 days to more than a month, to the three Antarctic islands, including the Antarctic Peninsula, the Falkland Islands and South Georgia.

Most people usually choose the first way of travel, which is shorter and cheaper, while the three Antarctic islands are usually expensive, but almost twice as expensive as the first way of travel. If you want to avoid the turbulence of the devil's westerly belt, flying is a better way to travel, but the price is also very expensive, which makes it prohibitive for most people.

About visas

Although Antarctica does not belong to any country, it needs to be shipped from Punta Arenas in Chile or Ushuaia in Argentina, so a South American country visa is required. .

But it is strongly recommended that you apply for a US visa. Many countries in South America (Chile, Peru, etc.) are conditionally visa-free. You can use your US visa to submit an electronic visa to Argentina, and it will be issued in about a month. The visa is valid for three months (paper visas in Argentina are very troublesome and are not recommended. When traveling to Argentina, it is recommended to confirm the travel date before applying for a visa).

About Antarctic clothing choices:

Is it cold in Antarctica? How cold is it? This is a question people often ask after I come back.

Of course, Antarctica is very cold, very cold, with some areas even reaching minus 70 or 80 degrees below zero.

However, traveling to Antarctica is not as cold as everyone thinks. The places we usually go are around freezing, and some landing sites are staffed, so they are environments where humans can survive. Some friends joked that winter in Antarctica is not much colder than in Beijing.

Underwear that is warm, absorbs sweat and dries easily (to prevent colds), base sweaters, high-density warm down jackets, and jackets. It is recommended to wear close-fitting clothing, cashmere pants, and waterproof pants. Finally, bring a hat, gloves and sunglasses or ski goggles. When these are ready, we can go to Antarctica!

What activities are there on the Antarctic cruise?

The ten-day and nine-night Antarctic cruise actually only spent four days in Antarctica, so how did you spend the other so many days on the cruise?

1. On the first day of registration and check-in, all passengers rehearsed safety drills and listened to notes about going to Antarctica in the lecture hall.

2. Every day, experts including biologists, geologists and ornithologists will give lectures on the cruise ship to talk about Antarctic geography and biology.

4. Play documentaries or movies

5. Make dumpling wrappers during the Spring Festival