Argentina will offer regular civilian flights to Antarctica since 2018, attracting intrepid researchers to visit this tourist destination. The Argentinian state-owned airline Lade will start regular flights to the naval base and Antarctic station Marambio, which was established in 1969 and previously available only for military aircraft. The island Seymour, where station Marambio is located, is just below the northern peninsula of the ice continent and good point for Antarctic journey. The station will become a destination for the first regular passenger flights to Antarctica, explain Argentine authorities.

The state-owned airline Lade will carry out flights to the base, which is about 3,330 km from the capital Buenos Aires. For safe landing of the aircraft, the runway will be equipped with special radar equipment.

Nearly 10% of the beds in Marambio will be available for tourists. Currently the base has space for 150 people. Another Argentine base in Antarctica is also ready to welcome guests, if they not interfere with the work of scientists. Of course, the researchers has condition, tourists to comply with the measures for environmental protection and established rules.

The planes will fly once or twice a week from Ushuaia, which is the largest city in Tierra del Fuego archipelago, and will reach Marambio for hour and a half. In Antarctica tourists will be able to make day trips or stay for four to seven days.