3QUESTION 3 OF 3
Answer & explanation
The official answer, with Fermi’s reasoning step by step.
Answer & explanation
Official answer
113,518
tourists
How to estimate it
Fermi’s official “Napkin math”
Nearly everyone who goes gets there by ship. How many expedition ships work the season, and how big are they? Maybe 50 ships holding about 200 passengers each. In a five month season one ship can turn around a dozen times.
- Expedition ships
- ~50
- Passengers per ship
- × 200
- Trips per season
- × 12
- 50 × 200 × 12
- ≈ 120,000
Rounded assumptions may give a slightly different estimate. The official answer above is the game’s reference value.
Source calculation & reference
- Landed visitors (IAATO, 2025-26)
- 85,195
- Cruise only, no landing
- + 27,217
- Deep field
- + 1,106
- ≈
- 113,518
Reference cited by Fermi: IAATO Antarctic tourism statistics, 2025-26 season
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