Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
It is a concern, but make sure your ship is prepared to handle it, and that you have medical evacuation insurance (our company required $100K minimum). On our trip to Antarctica, one of the SCUBA divers had issues and was airlifted back to South America. We were never told how time-critical the situation was, but it appears all went well.
The biggest concern with Antarctica is if you want to go ashore, international law restricts each ship to 100 people per landing (plus guides). So if you're on a larger ship, you may not get to go as often as you'd like or even at all. That's why we picked a ship that only carried 100 passengers and included all landings.
Thanks.
HOW was that scuba diver airlifted? Where was the ship?
This is exactly the kind of information that might help us decide
For example, we have MedJetAssist, in addition to regular travel insurance. But that doesn't kick in unless one is already an inpatient in a hospital. It's "getting to that hospital" (
any hospital) from a ship that would be the concern in the Antarctic area.
Chances are nothing would happen, of course.
But IF something did, it could be "high cost" (and I'm not talking about money here, although that's also involved).
GC