There are as such no
cheap hotels in Antarctica, where tourists can stay during their visit. The
cruise ships arrange for the stay as
hotels in Antarctica. The accommodations, which are made, are all aboard the vessels taken out for the expedition. Very rarely some cruises offer the lodging for one night in any hotel which ids usually at the port of embarkation.
The tours, which are all ice- strangles, are all supported with highly sophisticated communication facilities in the vessel. The satellite equipments provided make the transport very safe and navigation becomes easier in this corner of the world which is so remote.
The vessels, which offer the cruises, and which can be considered as the only available
accommodation in Antarctica, are:
- Aleksey Maryshev
- Akademik Shokalskiy
- Antarctic Dream
- Kapitan Khlebnikov
- Orolova
- Grigory Mikheev
- Professor Multanovskiy
- Professor Molchanov
- Ushuaia
For the cruises, which have an overnight in Ushuaia, Argentina and Tierra del Fuego, the pre-cruise accommodation would be at the four star hotel of Los Nires Hotel. Transportation to and fro the town is complimentary.
Akademik Shokalskiy is a small vessel, which can accommodate a maximum of 49 tourists. It has double and triple cabins with private facilities in some of the cabins. Aleksey Maryshev is a research vessel with modern amenities and is the sister ship to
Grigory Mikheev. It is an ice strengthened vessel. The other cruises too offer modern facilities to make the staying of the tourists comfortable and to make their journey and expedition worth remembering
