How are landings managed?
Visits from ship or yacht based tourism ashore are generally of short duration lasting approximately 1-3 hours and of moderate intensity with a maximum of 100 passengers excluding expedition staff. There can be between 1-3 landings per day using inflatable crafts or helicopters to transfer visitors. Field Staff supervise all shore visits with a typical ratio of one member of staff for every 10-20 tourists. Staff usually has past Antarctic experience (IAATO requires 75% of the field team to have previous Antarctic experience) and occupations can range from: ornithologists, marine biologists, general biologists, geologists, glaciologists, historians, and naturalists.
