I'll be honest: at first I thought it would be some kind of boring cruise for pensioners with lectures about ice floes. But I was REALLY wrong. So I went to Antarctica in November, and it was like... as if you had been seeing a gray monitor all your life, and then suddenly you found yourself in a movie with 4K quality on the entire screen. The first time we landed, I just stood up and couldn’t say anything for five minutes. Penguins walk right next to them, people take pictures of them, and I just look and... I don’t know, for some reason, tears. It's probably stupid, but it happened. King penguins are actually some kind of monsters: twice as big as I expected. And the glaciers... guys, they are not white, they are blue. Truly an unprecedented color. And when a piece of ice breaks off, it is not quiet, as I thought, but with such a roar that you shudder. The staff on board is super attentive, I noticed that they even make sure that you properly disinfect your boots before disembarking - it turns out that this is all very serious, the ecosystem there is fragile. I liked it: it’s clear that it’s not just tourism for the sake of money, but real care. The food was delicious. The cabin is a bit cramped, of course, but it’s comfortable to sleep. And the views from the window... it’s not at all clear to my mind that this is real and not wallpaper.
Cons: the Drake Passage is really stormy - I was practically out of my mind for two days, pills saved me from motion sickness. And it’s a little cold, but this is Antarctica, what did I expect?
She returned and immediately told everyone in the office. Mom thought I had joined a religion or found a psychologist, but no - Antarctica just reset my head.
I'll be honest: at first I thought it would be some kind of boring cruise for pensioners with lectures about ice floes. But I was REALLY wrong. So I went to Antarctica in November, and it was like... as if you had been seeing a gray monitor all your life, and then suddenly you found yourself in a movie with 4K quality on the entire screen. The first time we landed, I just stood up and couldn’t say anything for five minutes. Penguins walk right next to them, people take pictures of them, and I just look and... I don’t know, for some reason, tears. It's probably stupid, but it happened. King penguins are actually some kind of monsters: twice as big as I expected. And the glaciers... guys, they are not white, they are blue. Truly an unprecedented color. And when a piece of ice breaks off, it is not quiet, as I thought, but with such a roar that you shudder. The staff on board is super attentive, I noticed that they even make sure that you properly disinfect your boots before disembarking - it turns out that this is all very serious, the ecosystem there is fragile. I liked it: it’s clear that it’s not just tourism for the sake of money, but real care. The food was delicious. The cabin is a bit cramped, of course, but it’s comfortable to sleep. And the views from the window... it’s not at all clear to my mind that this is real and not wallpaper.
Cons: the Drake Passage is really stormy - I was practically out of my mind for two days, pills saved me from motion sickness. And it’s a little cold, but this is Antarctica, what did I expect?
She returned and immediately told everyone in the office. Mom thought I had joined a religion or found a psychologist, but no - Antarctica just reset my head.
