The tourist season for Antarctica is restricted only to months of December through February when it is peak of summer in southernmost part of world. Only vessels equipped for icy waters cruise to one of coldest areas of earth. Three major cruise lines offer Antarctic cruises: Celebrity Cruises, Orient Lines, and Radisson Seven Seas. Smaller specialty expedition companies also offer other trips to this destination.

Celebrity Cruises travels to Antarctica with polar icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov, a refitted 1980’s Russian polar research vessel. This ship takes a fortunate 106 passengers to polar region with amenities expected from Celebrity Cruises such as pool, sauna, and gym. Accommodations are small by comparison to a cruise ship; staterooms can be as small as 135 square feet while a suite with private bath is only 285 square feet.

Currently Celebrity Cruises has one 11-day trip to Antarctica scheduled for departure February 6, 2006. The price is approximately $10,000 per person. The cruise originates and returns to Ushuaia Tierra Del Fuego, southernmost town in South America near Cape Horn. As with all cruises in frozen waters, destinations depend upon actual weather conditions during cruise.

They don't come any bigger than Big Apple - king of hill, top of heap, New York. It has world-class museums, big statues, even bigger buildings, outrageous excess, and a whole lot of whooo-wheee! New York is a densely packed mass of humanity and all this living on top of one another makes New Yorker a special kind of person.

Major Attractions include American Museum of Natural History, Central Park, Empire State Building, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, SoHo, Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Times Square, Tribeca, Greenwich Village and many more.