Fear and Surprise

For what could be a nice down payment on a house, you have the honor of reserving a space in a double occupancy room (single room extra). The topper seems to be after all of that you end up in the Antarctic.

"[Elephant Island is a] rugged and isolated island is located off the northeastern end of the South Shetland Islands chain." In case you thought that the Antarctic was frigid already, they remind you that this is where previous met their demise. Maybe I'm a little to conservative but my vacations don't involve kayaking in icy water or other near death experiences.

Lest you be concerned that the market on crazy had been cornered, other companies offer a selection of other strange "vacations." I'll be the first to admit that I don't understand the business models of other cruise companies. Then again, my idea of fun isn't learning mySQL on my vacation.