Internet package on Princess Antarctica

[shamrockace]

We recently booked a cruise by for Antarctica. They asked if I wanted the internet package. I would assume the internet would be poor in that area. Can anyone advise?

[Nitemare]

Might want to ask on the Princess board.  When we were on Silversea in Antarctica nearly 5 years ago the internet was pretty good

[kaisatsu]

The peninsula is far enough north that it’s still in range of normal satellite coverage, so you should be getting the normal at-sea network speeds that you would on the same ship elsewhere in the world.

 

The only time you see a major impact on connectivity is when you pass out of satellite range. I’m the south, that only happens well beyond the Antarctic Circle, so you’d likely only experience it on a Ross Sea expedition. It’s far more common in the Arctic, and cruise ships calling at Longyearbyen typically lose coverage from a day before to a day after a Svalbard visit.

[Sarnia 432]

We have just returned from Antarctica, the internet was pretty much none existent from elephant island south.  We got a refund from princess as the internet was unusable in Antarctic waters.