No Walk in the Park
February 29th 2008 Arrival to Antarctica is not only cost prohibitive but if travelers-to-be knew beforehand of the discomfort of sailing through the Drake Passage, it may be enough to discourage a few more from making the journey. I boarded the Polaris after a 10-day wait in Ushuaia nearly trembling with excitement. I was only mildly aware that 12 hours later I would be trembling with nausea. Upon boarding the s
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