Antarctica
Antarctica adventure travel vacations and trips with Trusted Adventures. We offer you unique small ship cruise vacations and Antarctica adventure travel tours.
Have you always wanted to get up and close to an iceberg or glacier and observe Orcas, Minke whales, Weddell seals and fearsome Leopard seals? Come join us on an adventure travel tour of Antarctica.
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Trusted Adventure Knowledge: (things you probably would not know if not for Trusted Adventures)
1- 90% of the world's ice is found in Antarctica.
2. To the surprise of many, Antarctica is also the driest of all the continents receiving a mere sprinkling of rain and snow once or twice a year. Take an Antarctic Adventure with Myths and Mountains and see the blue skies!
3. Antarctica gets its name from the Greek language. In a bit of deviousness, the term because it means opposite the Arctic.
4. The continent was discovered in 1820 by a Russian expedition, but was not further explored to any serious extent for another 100 years.
5. No permanent human residents are known to have ever lived on the continent and even today only temporary scientific communities exist along with fellow adventure travelers!
6. Antarctica, not the Sahara Desert, is technically the biggest desert in the world, but the desert is ice instead of snow. Visit the world's largest desert with Wildland Adventures' Antarctic Explorer Adventure Trip!
7. The ice sheet covering the continent is approximately 1.6 miles thick on average.
8. The ice sheet was melting dramatically. In 2002, over 1,000 square miles broke off the continent. In recent years, unusual amounts of snow fall have resulted in a thickening of the ice contrary to global warming concerns.
9. The continent is the only natural habitat of the Emperor Penguin, immortalized in the movie March of the Penguins. The penguin, however, also is found on the shoreline of some southern continents from time to time. Take an Antarctic Cruise and visit the Emperor!
10. The continent has no government and is not owned by any country. Many countries have claimed the continent at one time or another. Currently, a treaty exists that grants the continent its independence from any such claims and welcomes travelers all around the globe!
