{"id":3830,"date":"2011-04-23T01:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-23T01:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2011-04-23T01:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T01:51:00","slug":"beautiful-south-an-antarctic-cruise-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2011\/04\/beautiful-south-an-antarctic-cruise-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful south: an Antarctic cruise [video]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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by Pascal Wyse, The Guardian<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Go with the floe \u2026 inching into the Antarctic wilderness. Photograph: Paul Goldstein<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

A wildlife expedition to the Antarctic peninsula provides some unforgettable moments, from cruising through the ice floes to ice-climbing among comical penguins<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Judging by the wild goose chase detailed on the Antarctic Circle website, the $100 reward won’t be an easy bounty. The money is yours if you can find evidence to prove that Ernest Shackleton, on the verge of a trip to Antarctica in 1912, really did take out a newspaper advert as follows: “Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.”<\/p>\n

Whether it appeared in print or not, you can’t fault it for accuracy. The carnage of Antarctic discovery is all over the maps: Cape Disappointment, Exasperation Inlet, Deception Island, Terror Gulf. Then there are the stories, more or less known: Scott’s expedition disaster after being beaten to the south pole, Captain Oates walking out of the tent to his certain death, claiming he “may be some time”, and Apsley Cherry-Garrard’s conclusion that “an Antarctic expedition is the worst way to have the best time of your life”.<\/p>\n

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