Any expedition to the Antarctic is expensive. Dive equipment is more expensive. There isn't any 'Club Med Antarctica' where you could stay. There is always the possibility that your vacation excursion could get you socked in to Antarctica for six months or more. Why would you want to dive in waters where hyperthermia or getting trapped under ice is such a high risk? Big and unsusual critters, that’s why! An Antarctica voyage should be a carefully planned and coordinated adventure, precisely scheduled to take advantage of the short 'austral summer' season to visit the frozen continent. Amos Nachoum organizes a 20 nights voyage that is a dream come true for photographers needing the extra time to capture the elusive 'one great shot'. Surrounded by the Southern Ocean, defined as the water between latitudes of 40-64 degrees south, uninterrupted wind circulates vigorously developing into the notorious 'roaring forties' and 'furious fifties' .This interaction between wind and sea currents creates a region of intense turbulence and as a consequence, the Southern Ocean is richly productive ecologically. An abundance of plankton supports the world's largest concentration of marine wildlife. Millions of sea birds, penguins, seals and whales appear in glorious abundance with the coming of the Southern Hemisphere's spring season. Most forms of Antarctic life clings to the edges of the continent, where beaches and cliffs offer snow free nesting grounds for birds and pupping locations for seals. It is our intent on this voyage, to see and photograph most, if not all of the available species See website
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