Other
In addition,
several other organizations conducted or supported tourism activities in
the Antarctic during the 2000-2001 season. Although some of these
organizations are not U.S. based, some American citizens were involved in
their planned activities and for this reason are reported here.
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 SHIPBORNE
- Hapag-Lloyd Cruises of Hamburg,
Germany, operated two vessels in the Antarctic Peninsula.
The HANSEATIC conducted 8 cruises, while the the BREMEN conducted
1 cruise.
- Marine Expeditions of Toronto, Canada, conducted approximately 17 cruises to the
Antarctic Peninsula using the Mariya Yermolova and the Lyubov Orlova.
LANDBASED
Adventure Network International (ANI), a Canadian company with an office in
Beaconsfield, England, conducted several 11-17-day excursions to the interior of the
Antarctic continent. Travel from Punta Arenas, Chile, to Adventure Network's Patriot
Hills base camp (80°20'S, 81°20'W) was via a South African chartered C-130
cargo/passenger aircraft. These various inland excursions occurred during November
2000 - mid-January 2001 using two chartered Twin Otters and their own Cessna C-A185F aircraft.
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