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Not very numerous population of Antarctic make the scientists working at polar stations, and even holidays here are celebrated quite different than all over the world. The traditional New Year's speech of the president is replaced with appearance of the chief of the base, and the greatest working load this night goes to the radio service - they have to send a plenty of e-mails and telegrams.
In Antarctica there are no decorated fir-trees, festive illumination and the shops informing about Christmas sales. But the travellers who have chosen to celebrate the New Year at the coldest continent, the real winter weather is guaranteed.
Many tour agencies offer the celebration of holidays among ice hummocks in the company of penguins and whales, and every year more and more fans of extreme buy exotic tours. In opinion of experts, in 2007-2008 the most southern point of the planet will be visited by not less than 30 thousand tourists. |
