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Cruises to Antarctica are the best way to enjoy the icebergs, snow capped mountains and glaciers and the amazing wildlife on board luxurious cruise ships. Cruising to Antarctica is an adventure in itself.
Antarctica is the coldest, driest and windiest place on Earth. It has no shops or idyllic beaches either. However this region still remains one of the most wanted cruise destinations in the world. There are several reasons for this. Most of the wildlife in Antarctica is found on the ice-free narrow ridges of coastline around the islands and mainland. The ocean surrounding Antarctica is one of its most interesting features. The winds and sea currents interact ferociously, causing this area of the ocean to be very turbulent. The Antarctic Convergence is the region where the warm, saltier waters flowing south from South America meet the cold, dense and fresh waters moving north from Antarctica. Conflicting currents are constantly mixing and result in an abundance of formation of sea plankton. The plankton attracts a number of birds and seam mammals and thousands of species of other mammals that survive in this inhospitable climate.
The best time to take a cruise to Antarctica is from November to February. The sailing season usually four months long since it is not feasible to sail during other times of the year. The rest of the year is not only cold, as low as -50 degrees, but also dark most of the time. Even if you could stand the cold you would not be able to see anything.
Some of the cruise liners that operate cruises to Antarctica are Polar Quest Cruises, Hapag Lloyd Cruises, American West Steamboat Company and Discovery World Cruises. For more information on world cruise destinations visit Travour.
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