Antarctica is one of the great unexplored areas of the world. Only in the last fifty years that there is no appreciable exploration or study of the great continent have been frozen. Now the tourist with sufficient money can actually see and one foot on this part of the earth.

The tourist season for Antarctica is restricted only for the months of December to February, when in summer, in the southernmost part of the world. Only vessels equipped for iceWaters Cruise to one of the coldest regions of the earth. Three major cruise lines offer Antarctic cruises: Celebrity Cruises, Orient Lines, and Radisson Seven Seas. In the smallest ships also offer specialty trips for this destination.

Celebrity Cruises voyages to Antarctica with the polar icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, a refitted 1980, the Russian polar research vessel. This ship has 106 passengers can count on a happier polar region with the comfort of CelebrityCruises, as pool, sauna and gym. The accommodation is small in comparison to a cruise ship, the cabins can be as small as 135 square feet, while a suite with private bath is only 285 square feet.

Celebrity Cruises currently has a 11 day trip scheduled departure for Antarctica 6 February 2006. The price is about U.S. $ 10,000 per person. The cruise begins and returns to Tierra del Fuego, Ushuaia, the southernmost city in South America near Cape Horn. As with all cruisesDestinations ice water will depend on actual weather conditions during the cruise.

Orient Lines offers several Antarctic cruises each year aboard his ship globetrotter Marco Polo. This ship was built in Germany in 1965 and was rebuilt in the early 1990s. It has twelve decks and take not of the 826 passengers of a cruise ship of a research vessel like the Kapitan Khlebnikov. Accommodations range from deluxe suites and a full set of regular cabin categories to choose from.Orient Lines has a reputation for quality and Marco Polo is a full service ship with many restaurants and services.

Orient offers a variety of cruises to Antarctica for the whole season from December to February, with the possibility of 11 to 33 cruise days, depending on the point of departure. The longest journey begins in the Caribbean, passing through the Panama Canal and travel routes on the west coast of South America before Antarctica. Once the ship for the Cape Horn area, regular11-days cruises to Antarctica depart from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego. Other cruises are 15 or 18-day cruises that start in Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina. Prices start at about $ 5000 per person for 11 days of travel.

Radisson Seven Seas offers cruises to Antarctica aboard the ship Explorer II Explorer II is designed to cruise safely in the polar region. While the ship carried 300 passengers elsewhere, only 198 people take cruises to Antarctica. ExplorerII, a small cruise ship with all the comforts of a luxury hotel and great price Cruise Line, Radisson Seven Seas, as expected.

Radisson Seven Seas Cruises offers only two a year in Antarctica, both in the month of January. Both cruises are round trip from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego and 12 trips a day. During the 2005 Tour Cruise of the Antarctic Peninsula from 2006 show only shows Cruises Cruise South Shetland Islands, with no mention of AntarcticaContinent. Prices start at about $ 7500 per person for 12 days of travel.