Buckle up. I’m about to turn your concept of cruising upside-down. Spin the globe (or Google Earth) and tilt it upward. If you’ve done it properly, you’re looking at a white mass of continent known as Antarctica. It is, as some scientists have put it, the “least understood place on Earth.” Think penguins, not polar bears. Yes, you’ll need a parka, which most cruise companies provide, as well as boots, gloves and snow pants. It’s cold, but the White Continent is worth a shiver or two. Antarctica, as one expedition leader characterized it, is “as close to another planet as most people will ever get.” ...
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