Matthew Jordan fell in love with the vast southern continent on a cruise. Eight years later, he’s preparing to spend months working through an Antarctic winter
My first trip to Antarctica was as a tourist in 2014. I booked a cruise from Argentina and spent 10 days sailing around the Antarctic peninsula. It was after that I decided Antarctica was the place I wanted my career to head.
The primary thing that got me was the natural landscape and visiting the research stations. Prior to that point I figured Antarctica was just for scientists and I didn’t realise there were a whole bunch of support staff from different backgrounds.
