"One of the most challenging parts of visiting Antarctica is answering your friends and family when they ask ‘How was your trip?’. You’ll be able to tell them how goofy the penguins are, how pristine the snow is, and how big the icebergs were…but you’ll never be able to explain the emotional connection you developed with Antarctica. The isolation, the cold, dry air on your face, the sense of exploration. You can only ever understand it if you experience it for yourself.”

- Neill Drake, Polar Expedition Guide

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About Us

Antarctica Travel Group was founded by Polar Expedition Guide Neill Drake who made his first trip to Antarctica in 2015 as a passenger. He created a Facebook group to keep connected with the friends he made while on his expedition which has now grown to over 35,000 members. After his first trip, he fell in love with Antarctica so much so, that he became a certified guide and has been guiding trips to Antarctica since 2016. Neill has spent over 1,000 days guiding in Antarctica and his knowledge is extremely useful when it comes to planning the perfect trip. Through the ATG community, Neill has brought over 500 members to Antarctica on over a dozen ATG group trips.

ATG focuses on planning group trips that will strengthen the community that has organically grown on Facebook. Neill hopes his group will breed a new generation of Antarctica Ambassadors who will continue to advocate for the future conservation and preservation of the most remote place on Earth.

Meet the Team

  • Neill Drake

    Founder and President of Antarctica Travel Group.
    Polar Expedition Guide

  • Izabela Hudson

    Polar exploration dream maker and expedition organizational expert. Keeps Neill from losing his mind.

  • Ricardo Nisiide

    Rico does a million things for ATG so his title is just “Manager of Awesome”. But also data and web stuff too.

  • Muneeba Ashgar

    Bookings Coordinator and Director of “Getting stuff done”.

  • Naomi Jia

    Marketing guru and expansion analyst. When we have information to share, she'll have it in your inbox faster than you can say Ursus maritimus

  • Kelly Sry

    Incredibly talented in all things CRM. Essentially making sure we are able to keep our ducks in a row - or should we say penguins?

  • Chelsea Betancourt

    Part of the Sales Dream Team with a heart for customer service and organization that krills

  • Nikki Souza

    Part of the Seals Dream Team that… wait… did we say Seals? We meant Sales. This whole thing is sort of getting away from us now