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		Tabular-Iceberg on Feb 29, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Antarctic English I mean the alternative is to go when the chicks are alive and watching them get swallowed whole by skuas. Antarctica is no petting zoo, but maybe some less serious tour operators make it out to be one and this is the result of that.

lazide on Feb 29, 2024 [–]

I think it’s more a common tourism problem, which is thinking what the experience will be like is quite different than actually experiencing it.

or as the highly experienced Mr. Tyson put a not too dissimilar situation so eloquently - “everyone has a plan until they get hit in the face”

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