{"id":5881,"date":"2018-01-29T11:57:17","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T23:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/auip.com\/?p=5881"},"modified":"2018-01-29T12:02:14","modified_gmt":"2018-01-29T00:02:14","slug":"student-perspective-travel-tips-for-antarctica-by-maya-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/student-perspective-travel-tips-for-antarctica-by-maya-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Perspective: Travel Tips for Antarctica – by Maya Johnson, Virginia Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maya Johnson, AUIP’s Antarctica student blogger, shares her tips for those travelling to Antarctica in the future. She writes:<\/p>\n

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  1. \"\"<\/a>Pack tons of layers! <\/strong>The most important thing in Antarctica (especially during their summer) is to remember that the weather is going to change. Especially if you\u2019re being active you want to be able to take layers off or put more on if you\u2019re too cold! Be sure to bring lots of gloves, socks and hats, as your hands, feet, and face are the most likely to get cold.<\/li>\n
  2. Know the IAATO guidelines! <\/strong>Wherever you go in the world it\u2019s always important to understand what world you\u2019re walking into. In Antarctica, maintaining the fragile ecosystem and protecting its wildlife is extremely important. To make sure that you\u2019re treating the wildlife with respect and keeping them (and yourselves) safe, be sure to review the tourist guidelines before you go.<\/li>\n
  3. Be prepared for the ocean! <\/strong>If you\u2019re going to Antarctica, you\u2019re likely to go through the Drake Passage which is some of the roughest waters in the world. Although it\u2019s completely do-able, it affects everyone differently – so be prepared! Don\u2019t rely on one source for motion sickness medication. Bring motion sickness patches (be aware of allergic reactions with these), Dramamine, or other motion sickness pills and take them even if you don\u2019t think you \u201cdon\u2019t get sea sick\u201d.<\/li>\n
  4. \"\"<\/a>Know about what you\u2019re going to see! <\/strong>Nothing is worse than going on a trip and knowing nothing about the history or the characteristics of what you\u2019re going to see. Do some research on species of animals you\u2019re going to see, and know some history about the Antarctic regions you\u2019re going to so you know what you\u2019re looking at!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Maya Johnson, AUIP’s Antarctica student blogger, shares her tips for those travelling to Antarctica in the future. She writes:   Pack tons of layers! The most important thing in Antarctica (especially during their summer) is to remember that the weather is going to change. Especially if you\u2019re being active you want to be able to take layers off or put…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[256,21,34,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2017-18-student-blogs","category-antarctica","category-student-perspective","category-suitcase"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5881"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5889,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881\/revisions\/5889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/auip.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}