We, too, are mightily perplexed on this issue of male attire (you ladies have it so easy with regard to attire, as you can make your "little black dress" formal or informal with a few well-chosen accessories). We certainly would prefer to not schlep along blazers (we've already ruled suits out), since they will add precious pounds to our 66 lb. limit. But on a cruise very similar to ours last year, Linda Garrison (a reviewer for About.com) said that most men wore suits or jackets and ties (aaarrrggghhh!!) on formal nights. "Formal nights" in Antarctica?? We should leave the tuxes to the penguins, no?? It may well be that the dress code on the Hapag-Lyoyd cruises is a bit more formal than on those chartered in the past by Radisson. Let us all hope and pray that when the docs arrive, there will be some clarification of this issue. It would be good if there was someone competent in the U.S. on the H-L team to whom to pose the question.

Isn't ShopAntarctica a great site? We didn't buy anything from them; but we used their list of gear to buy everything from Patagonia and REI.

We are bringing both Scopace tablets and the "patch" - anything worth doing is worth doing to excess, right??

If anyone gets further info on the jacket and tie issue, please post immediately. Foregoing the jackets could allow us to bring lots more malt scotch in our luggage...

Cheers, Fred

Editing to add: I've been doing some research on tango shows in B.A. Anyone have any good ideas?? We won't go to one the night before embarkation but will be going on the night of the 18th. Perhaps we can share info.