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Five things I learned from my fam trip to Antarctica’s deep interior

Antarctica
Sam Bradley
26 August 2026

In November 2025, Sam Bradley of ultra-luxury operator Cookson Adventures visited Ultima Oasis Camp, discovering first-hand how to build out exciting trips from this luxurious camp. Here's what he learnt from visiting the world’s most isolated region.

Man hiking in Antarctica
Sam Bradley/Ultima

Sam Bradley, finance and operations director for Cookson Adventures, has shared his top five takeaways from his visit to the interior of Antarctica 

It’s the ultimate travel industry perk: the hallowed fam trip invite. 

 

I’d watched on many times as colleagues had headed to the seventh continent, hosting clients on yacht charters and even discovering a subspecies of orca. But now it was my turn to scope out another part of it.