Topic: NATURE - on November 4, 2003 at 4:23:18 PM CET
Solar groupies head for eclipse of midnight sun
1 minute 57 seconds worth $US35,995
More than 100 well-heeled tourists are due to set sail today in a former Soviet icebreaker for Antarctica, hoping to be among the few to witness a rare total solar eclipse of a midnight sun. Kapitan Khlebnikov was due to sail from Port Elizabeth, South Africa, with the cheapest fare at $US18,995 per head or a corner suite at $US35,995.
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