| Adventure travel has become one of the fastest | | | | hand and travel insurance up-to-date. |
| growing products in the tourism sector. Once the | | | | Antarctica |
| preserve of dynamic, young individuals on a one-man | | | | Cook's ships crossed the Antarctic Circle in 1773 and |
| mission to tread new ground, travel companies now | | | | various sightings of the polar landscape continued |
| specifically tailor the adventure market to anyone and | | | | throughout the next century, but it wasn't until 1907 that |
| everyone who has the money to partake. Whilst many | | | | the Nimrod Expedition, led by Ernest Shackleton, really |
| iconic global destinations have become overrun with | | | | explored this region in earnest. The continent, the most |
| action-sandal shod and hiking stick totting tourists, there | | | | southerly on the planet, has been the focus of great |
| are still many diverse and dangerous locations out | | | | exploration expeditions and scientific study ever since. |
| there, just make sure you've got your survival kit to | | | | |