Do we need permission to go to Antarctica?

The Antarctic Treaty preserves the Antarctic continent for peaceful and scientific use, while the Treaty's Protocol on Environmental Protection ensures that all human activity in Antarctica is carefully managed. Travelling to any part of Antarctica on an expedition without permission is illegal.



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Visitors to Antarctica don't stay in hotels; instead, they stay in a wide range of unique structures built to resist the icy weather, such as luxury adventure ships, temporary ice camps, eco-friendly resorts, and scientific research stations, and field camps.

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Planes can and do sometimes fly over Antarctica, it is not a no-fly zone and it is not illegal, it is just very impractical to do so. Smaller planes fly lower and have to deal with challenging weather conditions, snow-falls, white-outs and icing problems.

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