No country governs Antarctica, so a treaty and the tour operators themselves set the rules for visiting.
No country governs Antarctica, so a treaty and the tour operators themselves set the rules for visiting. The continent issues no visas and belongs to nobody, so your trip runs under an international treaty framework and the standards of the operators' association working within it. The standards are strict and enforced. No more than one hundred passengers from a ship may be ashore at once, with a guide for every twenty and one vessel at a site, and any ship carrying more than five hundred passengers may not land anyone at all. That last rule decides everything. Book a large cruise ship and you see Antarctica from a deck without standing on it, while a small expedition vessel lands twice a day. Almost all departures leave from the southernmost city in Argentina, crossing the Drake Passage in about two days each way, or flying over at a premium. Compare flights and hotels for Ushuaia at https://destination.chat and note that Argentina now asks foreign visitors for proof of medical in...
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