Q & A
"Are there package tours that cross the Antarctic Circle?"
-- Katherine Lin, Flushing, Queens

"Specializing in small-ship expedition-style trips to Alaska, Antarctica and the Galápagos Islands, the Seattle-based ExpeditionTrips.com, (877) 412-8527 or online at www.expeditiontrips.com, has 25 itineraries to Antarctica. One of them, the Antarctic Peninsula and Across the Circle, is a 11-night trip aboard the 54-passenger Polar Pioneer exploring the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula as far south as the Antarctic Circle. With excursions that include Zodiac tours of iceberg fields and hikes on glaciers, the price starts at $5,690 a person."