According to the English explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard, ‘Polar exploration is the…most isolated way of having a bad time which has yet been devised…’. Cherry-Garrard was part of the Terra Nova expedition, led by Robert Falcon Scott, which set out in 1910 with the main objective of reaching the South Pole. The expedition also conducted scientific research and geographical exploration.
Some people might consider these explorers of 100 years ago to be ‘adventure tourists’ with a sense of wonder about the world, attracted to Antarctica because of the physical isolation, the extreme climate and the remarkable wilderness. In the days of early exploration, travel to and within Antarctica was hard. However, advances in transport, technology and clothing have dramatically changed the situation, enabling an increasing number of people to visit this extreme environment in relative comfort.
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