Archive for the ‘Falkland Islands’ Category
Thursday, February 25th, 2010
Last week, an e-mail friend sent me the most awesome picture of the icebergs of the Antarctic. These massive chunks of ice looked as if they had been created during a chef-gone-mad reality show.
If you can imagine the most perfectly created wedding cake — all white and stunning — but ...
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Sunday, February 21st, 2010
As the war of words between Argentina and Britain continues, it's business as usual for the cruise ships naviagating the South Atlantic waters.
Her decks boast sun loungers and golf simulators rather than machine guns and torpedoes, while those on board are more likely to be sipping G&Ts than rehearsing military ...
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Thursday, December 17th, 2009
Replacement Flyglobespan flights arranged for Falklands military
MILITARY personnel were assured today that they would not be stranded in the Falklands despite the collapse of the only airline that flies direct to the islands from the UK.
Flyglobespan had the Ministry of Defence contract to operate flights in and out of the ...
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Monday, December 7th, 2009
This remote wilderness is like nowhere else on Earth, which makes a voyage there all the more rewarding, says Simon Calder
To the bitter end of the world. Why?
To discover a part of the planet reduced to its raw elements. "The Antarctic is to the rest of the world as ...
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009
Luxury Antarctica
Abercrombie & Kent has chartered what it is claiming to be the most environmentally friendly ship for the 2010-11 Antarctic season.
Le Boreal will only be launched in May and in contrast to many ice-breakers that sail to the Antarctic it is luxury all the way, with an outdoor heated ...
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Cruises to Antarctica have recently become commonplace trips for more adventurous travelers. Titan Travel from the UK is currently offering a new twist to typical Antarctic excursions. In November 2009, as part of its “National Geographic Journeys by Sea” trips, Titan is offering a unique opportunity to experience Antarctica with ...
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
Adventure cruises are becoming increasingly popular with younger people, as Neill Johnston discovered.
On a crystal clear morning among the icebergs with a piercing polar sun high in the cloudless sky, it is not difficult to see why mariners on the early whaling ships who visited Paradise Harbour in the heart ...
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Monday, June 1st, 2009
When a cruise ship arrives at Stanley, the capital town of the Falkland Islands, the population of the island doubles! The islands have 6 million
sheep and 3,000 residents — the same number of passengers and crew on the ship that took us there! Of course, one can also fly down ...
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Wednesday, December 17th, 2008
The Falkland Islands have a raw, unspoilt quality which entices locals and tourists back time and again.
Visitors to the islands – consisting of two main islands and over seven hundred smaller ones – are spoilt for natural choice with more than 227 species of identified birds, as well as whales, ...
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