# My perfect cruise: Duluth to Antarctica **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379 "2022-06-17T15:56:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/1 "2022-06-17T15:56:29Z")
[Cruise from Duluth to Antarctica in 2023](https://www.startribune.com/viking-cruises-to-sail-from-duluth-to-antarctica-and-south-america-in-2023/600179670/) The Mrs and I are really enchanted by this cruise itinerary. Start out by following the old Edmund Fitz’s track! We both have agreed that we’d love to tour the Great Lakes more than we already have, and would love to see the Thousand Islands too! Plus going down the eastern seaboard is a compelling idea. Stopping in Miami for some cuban cuisine, then Cancun, traversing the Panama Canal, then hitting spots along the western South America coast would also fulfill some fantasies. From there to Antarctica, then up past Cape Horn, then ending up down in Ushuaia sounds amazing! Count us in! But 73 days? Who’ll take care of the pets? Damn. Still, one can dream. Who’s with us? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/2 "2022-06-17T16:20:56Z")
I’m in, at least attitudinally. Hope you can go and publish a travelogue either during or after. Can’t help you with the pets. Owning non-food livestock has always seemed like too much work for lazy me. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/3 "2022-06-17T16:24:21Z")
Sounds great, but two months+ on a boat? Not for me. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/4 "2022-06-17T16:29:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Cruise from Duluth to Antarctica in 2023 Sound awesome; you get to see a desolate, frozen wasteland, and then leave for Antarctica. Here’s one that I find tempting, [https://www.barkeuropa.com/our-voyages/ant-5-cape-to-cape-expedition](https://www.barkeuropa.com/our-voyages/ant-5-cape-to-cape-expedition); Ushuaia, to Antarctica, to South Georgia Island, to Tristan da Cunha, to Capetown, all on a traditional sailing ship. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/5 "2022-06-17T18:48:27Z")
A few years back I visited Midland, Ontario and there was a Great Lakes cruise ship docked there. Out of curiosity I looked up the price and it seemed startlingly expensive to me. $6,000 (minimum) per person for a one-week cruise to Milwaukee? > **[Great Lakes | Great Lakes Cruise Company](https://greatlakescruising.com/cruise/great-lakes-pm/)** > > 2023 Departures: June 8, June 15, July 14, July 21 Milwaukee / Toronto (Midland) The Great Lakes region is one of the most spectacular waterways in the world. With breathtaking island views and beautiful clear waters, the Great Lakes are also host... ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/6 "2022-06-17T18:57:26Z")
I’ll do it. (Anybody got about $150,000 I can borrow?) ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/7 "2022-06-17T19:19:59Z")
I get the feeling that the price point is sort of “industry standard” and that US travelers aren’t the primary market. I say this because the average US traveler interested in visiting all of those places would just drive. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/8 "2022-06-17T19:23:07Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > the average US traveler interested in visiting all of those places would just drive. I drove to Duluth once. No, sorry, make that twice. First and last time. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/9 "2022-06-17T19:34:15Z")
if I had the money id do it just for the why the hell nots? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/10 "2022-06-17T19:40:58Z")
I’d love that. I have been fascinated with the southern sea for many years, and have explored Ushuaia, South Georgia, Tristan da Cunha via Google Earth countless times. I’d love to visit the Albatross monument on Cape Horn, Gough Island, and the Kerguelens. But I’m waiting for practical teleportation to hit those spots. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/11 "2022-06-18T04:45:10Z")
And a 74th day to return to terra firma? If you want to do this, I’d say go for it! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/12 "2022-06-18T06:19:25Z")
I would definitely do this, but my husband gets seasick. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/13 "2022-06-18T10:56:54Z")
I am in. Wait, I have to work on Monday. Never mind. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/14 "2022-06-18T11:56:44Z")
Regarding getting seasick: I do as well on yachts and sailboats. However, I have never had a problem on any size of cruise ship. And I have spoken to others who have the same experience. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/15 "2022-06-18T22:04:40Z")
You can of course reduce the number of days by starting in South America 😉 🐧 ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2022, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/16 "2022-06-18T22:19:02Z")
Or by starting in Green Bay! ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/17 "2022-06-19T13:47:12Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The Mrs and I are really enchanted by this cruise itinerary. Start out by following the old Edmund Fitz’s track! > […] > But 73 days? Who’ll take care of the pets? Damn. The legend lives on from Duluth town on down Of the big cruise down to the Antarctic. Qadgop, it’s said, thinks the cruise has some cred But there’s no one for pet care he can pick.\* \*Sincere apologies to Gordon Lightfoot. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/18 "2022-06-19T14:37:14Z")
It might be a downer getting stuck in Antarctica on a quarantined, Covid-19-ravaged cruise ship. We inexplicably keep getting flyers for Viking River Cruises (Amsterdam to Budapest! Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City on the beautiful Mekong!). They don’t currently seem to be promoting any Volga River cruises in Russia, for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-perfect-cruise-duluth-to-antarctica/966379/19 "2022-06-19T16:43:59Z")
Do it! Find temporary foster homes for the pets, but hurry cabins are going fast! I checked the Viking pages, the biggest staterooms are booked! It’d be a trip to see a cruise ship going through LErie canal. And what’s the southern Ocean like in November?