SOURCE: DATE: 2015-02-13
FULL PUBLICATION: http://travelblog.viator.com/surprising-history-antarctic-tourism/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=surprising-history-antarctic-tourism

Tourism is booming in Antarctica, with nearly 40, 000 people making the journey to the bottom of the earth during the October-February Antarctic summer. It’s quite the increase since the first commercial tickets were sold aboard the SS Fleurus mail ship during its annual trip to the South Orkney Islands in the 1920s.The Surprising History of Antarctic Tourism by Viator Travel Team from Viator Travel Blog