Show Notes
What happens when your very first trip to Antarctica ends with the ship on the sea floor?
In this episode of Always Business Class, hosts Steve Hui and Steve Pirie-Nally sit down with Greg Carter, CEO and founder of Terra Nova Expeditions and one of Australia's genuine Antarctic authorities. His first voyage ended in a shipwreck and a rescue by the Chilean Navy and the Argentinian Air Force. He has spent the twenty years since going back.
Greg traces a career that runs from a secondhand laptop in London to the pointy end of polar travel: cofounding Chimu Adventures and selling it to Intrepid, a stint as Chief Commercial Officer at Albatros, and now a boutique company built on one idea, that in Antarctica the destination is the luxury, not the ship.
Along the way they get into whether Antarctica is really overtouristed, why a smaller ship changes everything from your time ashore to who you end up crying next to on night nine, and the world first day sailing aboard the yacht Icebird.
If Antarctica has been sitting on your bucket list, this episode is your reminder that the best time to start planning is now.
Presented with thanks to Accor Plus Explorer.
In This Episode The shipwreck that started it all, and why you never say "Titanic" Whether Antarctica is really overrun with tourists Why guides with PhDs matter more than you think Building Chimu Adventures and the exit to Intrepid Travel How smaller ships create a deeper experience The world first day sailing aboard Icebird How Antarctica changes the people who go The remarkable past life of the RMS St Helena Taking teenagers to the ice with the Antarctic Classroom
Chapters 00:00 The Shipwreck, and Never Say "Titanic" 01:22 Rescued by the Chilean Navy and Argentinian Air Force 03:29 Building Chimu From a Laptop in London 05:48 Is Antarctica Really Overtouristed? 07:15 Guides With PhDs and Peter Hillary's 43rd Voyage 08:39 The Exit to Intrepid Travel 12:00 Getting There: Flights and Visa Free Rules 14:47 Flying Over Antarctica and Mawson's Huts 18:03 Why Terra Nova: Smaller Ships, More Time Ashore 21:10 What "Immersive" Really Means 23:24 Icebird: A World First in Antarctica 25:45 How Antarctica Changes People 29:22 Internet on the Ice: Help or Hindrance? 37:17 Where the Name Terra Nova Comes From 38:15 The Extraordinary Life of RMS St Helena 41:55 The Antarctic Classroom 44:42 Rapid Fire Round
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