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Show Page Sunday, October THE DAILY HE RAID, Provo, Utah, C12 POLAR: es its mantle and swarms with krill, the keystone of the polar food chain. As a result, the abundance of life during the short Antarctic-breedin- g astounding. Some of the world's largest penguin rookeries are found here; and late December introduces the full range of these personality-plu- s from emperors and creatures chinstraps to huge Adelies whose chicks w ill be barely weeks old at this time. Cruisers-cum-explore- sie of France. Polar passengers need to be flexible . though; ice conditions frequently can restrict voyages. Most ships carry fleets of inflatable Zodiac boats that can carry the (Continued from Page CIO) season is 30, 1994 can rs keep a lookout for seals that haul ashore in staggering numbers, perhaps even the elusive Ross seal. And of course, there are Orca and minke whales by the ton. No two cruises to polar regions are alike. Some follow the frozen footsteps of such explorers as Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen. Many ships actually can penetrate waters; others ply past milelong tabular icebergs abundant in the Ross Sea or navigate the Ross Ice Shelf, a floating ice barrier passengers close to icebergs or set them ashore. Some even have helicopters for "flightseeing." All have naturalists. Though most ships venturing here are small, the number is growing (some environmental controversy is growing accordingly). However, all cruise operators claim sincere efforts to conduct cruises that avoid disturbing nesting animals and that follow sound principles of conservation in this pristine region. Among the mans offering the chill of a lifetime: Quark Expeditions has three extended journeys to Antarctica and subantarctie islands aboard the Kapitan Khlebnikov, a working Russian designed for in seas of conditions challenging northern Siberia ( Dec. 4 to 29. and Dec. 27 to Jan. 20. 1995, with fares from $9,995; and Jan. 17 to Feb. 12, starting at $10,495. Air fare additional.) A shorter ! trip aboard the er tags the air'mes provide at check-icounters for passengers who don't have their own. Use your business address and phone number. when Why? Because you're standing in line at the airport check-i- n counter or in a hotel lobby or almost anywhere you have your luggage with you, an observant thief can jot down the address and you could come home to cruise aboard the new Hanseatic celebrates Christmas and New Year's in Antarctica. Party animals needn't worry, though; the Hanseatic actually is a luxury ship and even has a beauty salon and sauna. The vessel rates just below icerates breaker status. Cruise-onl- y for its Dec. 18 departure start at $8,495. For more information, 10-d- Chile is not included. planners can try catching the Explorer's Nov. 3 departure, a y voyage to Antarctica, the Falklands and coastal Argentina, with fares from $6,-39For more information, call Last-minu- te y 285-183- 5. m 5. 8. Research associates and naturalists from the San Diego Natural History Museum accompany passengers aboard the Professor Molchanov, a steel-buil- t, polar 19-da- call (800) Faculty directors from Brigh-aYoung University lead study cruises through the Chilean fjords to the northern tip of Antarctica Terra aboard the Australis. A Feb. 2 departure combines culture, geology and art history with Antarctic wildlife. Fares start at $4,175 and include round-tri- p air from Miami to Santiago. For more information, call (800) 20-da- (800)323-730- Ext. 203. (619)232-382- 1 A 9. er re- search vessel (Jan. 23 to Feb. 5). Some cabins only have shared baths, but a unique solution may present itself in this vessel's visit to Deception Island, where geother-ma- l 525-204- 9. How about the north polar region? Finnair offers a three-da- y experience that includes a trip on an icebreaker in the midst of Europe's largest ice field. It also includes guided snowmobiling on ice and, for the truly hardy, ice activity often creates water warm enough for swimming. cabins start Fares for private-bat- h at $6,349 (cabins with shared baths are slightly lower). Air fare is ad IHI fl call 5, Among Abercrombie & Kent's many Antarctica cruises aboard the Exolorer are four departures run consecutively from Dec. 17 through Jan. 17, with fares from $5,750; air fare to AVOID: (Continued from Page CIO) ditional. For more information, Kapitan Dranitsyn deDec. 19. Fares start at $4,-99parts air. For more informaplus tion, call (800) 356-569er a m a Sceptr'd aisles: a year-lon- g arts fest New York Daily News IS q P n 1L a m ar For Britain, 1995 will begin with a bash its biggest-eve- r cultural bash, the Festival of Arts and Culture. Starting Dec. 30 with HogNew Year manay, a three-da- y carnival in Edinburgh, the yearlong celebrlftion will showcase Britain's performing and visual arts Shakespeare, Constable's landscapes, Welsh choirs, and the works of Sir Walter Scott and the Brontes. There will be more than 500 festivals of music, drama, dance, literature and film, plus hundreds of shows and exhibitions. During February and March, the London Arts Season will feature special offers, tours, concerts and exhibitions. A major summer highlight will be the start of the behind-the-scen- s VerRoyal Opera's seven-yedi Festival in Covent Garden. a River Thames And Sept. Festival. For more information on the Festival of Arts and Culture and a booklet of events, contact the British Tourist Authority, 551 es 2-- 9, Fifth Ave., Suite 701, New York, NY (Outside New 800 G02 BRITcall York, AIN.) Tours by tape: Visitors can now tour the English countryside at their own pace, with an audio guide. The Heart of England and The South of England e are two tours, with Custom TripBuilder maps. audio-cassett- Both begin in London and feature the voices of local characters telling tales from history and folklore. si S Phone: 10176-079- 9. 0. y Q $ (t Q an empty house. So, use your business address and phone number and always use a luggage tag that has a cover. If your luggage tags don't have a flap or other device to cover the identification information, turn the paper part of the tag over, write "see other side" on the back and reinsert it into the tag with that message showing through the plastic window. Finally, if you're headed abroad, call the U.S. State Department's Citizens Emer- gency Center hotline It's an automated service you'll need a (202-647-522- that prophone vides the latest cautionary information about travel to and within foreign countries, including health risks. The information is updated regularly. Your travel agent also has access to the State Department reports and can make you a printed copy through the agency's computer reser- at ion system (although some travel agents are either unaware of this fact or unfamiliar with how to call the informatouch-ton- e IV) tion onto the computer screen). After you've done all this, you're ready to hit the road or the rails, or the sky. Once you get to your destination, avoiding trouble isn't all that difficult. You simply act dently; don't: B E LOW pru- which means you ip r& m us n around in areas of a city that you don't know are safe. Ask questions at )our hotel, find out where to go and w here not to go. Flash a lot of money in public. If you feel a need to count that wad of foreign currency bulging in your pocket, go into a restroom stall or some other private place. Carry valuable items in plain sight on city streets. Put that video camera in a backpack; put your passport, credit cards and cash in a sack slung from a cord around your neck and under your shirt or blouse (travel stores and catalogs offer a wide variety of such devices). Set a backpack or other bag including your luggage on the ground next to you in order to transact some bit of business at a counter or to buy a snack from a street vendor. Put it between your feet and stay in contact with it. Thieves work swiftly and can grab a bag and disappear if your attention is diverted for only a few seconds. Forget to be wary of strangers who approach you on the street. 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