Few places on Earth are as cold, dry, and windy as Antarctica, yet the White Continent beckons travelers to visit—and it wins them over year after year. During the 2023-24 season (which lasts from November to March), nearly 80,000 people stepped foot on Antarctica’s shores, more than double the number from a decade ago.
Traveling to this otherworldly frontier has become a quintessential rite of passage for anyone with an adventurous spirit—myself included. Despite 5.5 million square miles of ice-covered land, with conditions often inhospitable to human life, once you’re in Antarctica, it’s a no-brainer why one would come here.
On my journey with Lindblad Expeditions, we witnessed the majesty of snow-and-iceencrusted mountains and the oh-so-cute waddle of Chinstrap and Gentoo penguins. We cruised on Zodiacs around jagged icebergs and…
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Naples Illustrated (Digital) - 1 Issue, March 2025