{"id":69200,"date":"2024-03-13T03:09:10","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T16:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/?p=69200"},"modified":"2025-03-20T22:12:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:12:29","slug":"what-its-like-travelling-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intrepidtravel.com\/adventures\/what-its-like-travelling-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"12 hours in the shoes (or muck boots) of\u00a0a traveller visiting Antarctica \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Follow along on the trip of a lifetime as Anela shows you what it\u2019s like to spend a day in the Great White Continent.   <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018This can\u2019t be real life,\u2019 I thought. It was my last day in Antarctica<\/a>. The bright sunshine was beaming down on me, sitting in a Zodiac in the Antarctic Ocean, smiling from ear to ear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The small, inflatable boat bobbed up and down in the waves as it ferried a small group of guests back to the Ocean Endeavour<\/a> \u2013 the ship that had brought us to Antarctica.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were puttering along slowly, hoping to see the whales that many of the other groups on Zodiacs had reported seeing in the waters around the ship in the last hour. Our expedition guide scanned the dark waters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And after a few minutes, at least three humpback whales surfaced nearby, to the left, right and behind our little Zodiac. The driver cut the motor and we watched them in silence for about an hour. The sound of their breath, as they expelled air as they surfaced, filled the silence and reminded us of just how small we were in comparison.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just when we thought it was time to head back to the ship, a pod of humpbacks surfaced right next to us, so close a few of us whispered and shouted excitedly as we could almost reach out and touch them.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

No day in Antarctica is the same, and many don\u2019t go exactly as planned. You have to account for unexpected weather, sea ice and more. The flexibility is well worth it, though. That\u2019s how you get moments like unexpected whales surfacing and penguins jumping off of icebergs right in front of you.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though it\u2019s impossible to share an exact day-by-day itinerary, here\u2019s what a typical day in Antarctica may look like.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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