Welcome to OAT TRIP LEADERS ANTARCTIC TEAM BLOG!
The White Wilderness Expedition to Antarctica has been carefully designed by OAT in collaboration with your Trip Experience Leader for you to have the most unique and unforgettable Travel Experience.
This is not just another trip, this is an "expedition" and there will be an abundance of natural and human challenges - from airline delays to totally unpredictable weather. Flexibility and a positive attitude are crucial requirements for anyone embarking on this spectacular journey.
In order to accomplish our goals we need your commitment to our OAT philosophy:
Be prepared to travel overseas.
You will fly south for many hours, half across the world where the crowded and crazy Buenos Aires City will be waiting for you.
Then we will fly south for four hours to arrive to Ushuaia, known as the southernmost city in the world, and the starting point of our Antarctic Adventure!
After a brief visit to Ushuaia, we continue further south to go to the most isolated place in our planet: ANTARCTICA!
If Ushuaia is famous for being "the End of the World", getting to explore the White Wilderness of Antarctica involves entering a whole different world ruled by the mighty ice and the furious winds.
Be ready in body and mind for this once-in-a-lifetime adventure.
Every trip to Antarctica is different, as the Captain and our Expedition Leader on board, adjust the experience according to the weather and ice conditions. Our plan will surely suffer on-the-spot changes on a daily basis. Being 100% flexible and ready to turn each minus into a plus is essential.
Become part of a real team is also part of the deal!
Getting to know and take care of each other will be key to our success since we will be visiting one the most challenging places on Earth.
You
will meet your Trip Experience Leader from the moment you arrive in Buenos
Aires, until your departure back to the USA. Your Trip Experience Leader will be working with the
big on-board team to ensure you have the most UNFORGETTABLE TRAVEL EXPERIENCE.
Our Ship
For this adventure we are sailing on the M/S World Traveller, of 172 passengers, which will be a private charter shared among 6 OAT groups of 25 travelers each, each one with its own Trip Experience Leader.