How can I get to Antartica from any place down south america?

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How can I get to Antartica from any place down south america?

Answer 1

Imo, your best bet is to book a more touristy tour aboard a ship.  You can probably find them on the net.  A much slimmer option is to hop a ride with a research team, which I've heard of as options they sometimes consider to help finance their trips, but these seem rare & sometimes they only want people that can contribute to the trip (biologists, teachers, politicians, etc).  It's worth a try though.  You'd definitely want to make all your plans before flying down there, & I think you usually leave out of ports like Tierra del Fuego's south, Argentina, or Santiago, Chile.  You'd be going in their summer (the US's winter), unless you qualify for extraordinary circumstances.  I'm pretty sure I've heard of flights there, but I think they're very short-range (and really dangerous).  They probably leave from ships as well, but I may be wrong there.

It seems to me that Aussies & New Zealanders tend to go there more often (& maybe are more comfortable going in rougher seasons : )

That would definitely be an unforgetable trip!  I haven't been there, but have always wanted to go.

Answer 2

if you want to go just to see the place, my understanding is that you've got to join a special tourist trip ... there are lots of shipping companies organising tours like that, for instance I was looking at the Hurtigruten one but I know there are others (just Goggle "Antarctic cruise") ... there are no facilities for independent travellers and the only other way to get there would be as a worker in one of the scientific establishments

a lot of the companies organising tours in Antarctica will supply the whole deal, with travel from wherever you live, but  you can make your own way to S America and just do the sea trip with them, I think most of them sail out of Ushuaia in Tierra Del Fuego

Answer 3

Unless your a scientist who can get a job on an Antarctic station, your only other option is to pay for a tour.  Very expensive, but individuals cannot travel to Antarctica, it's just not a typical tourist destination, no hotels etc.

Answer 4

dude...y would u want to go to Antartica???? I mean no one lives there. I bet there aren't even any airports