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Cabin Photos & Pointers


All Minerva cabins have a TV/DVD unit, room safe, telephone, binoculars, bathrobes, slippers and basic bathroom sundries.
In most cabins, beds can be configured into either queen or twins for your Antarctica cruise.
The one farthest from the ship's exterior is warmer (don't tell your traveling companion).
All passenger cabins have either windows or port holes.
If the PA system announces, "There are humpback whales on the starboard", your cabin is steps away from the Promenade's outdoor deck.
Console yourself by realizing that you likely won't be spending much time in your cabin except for sleeping, bathing and dressing. There is too much to do outside it. Many guests think of the comfortable Library, South Cape or Shackleton public space as their cabin's living room.
Even-numbered cabins are on the port (left) and odd-numbered ones are on the starboard (right) side of the ship. Passengers waiting to board Zodiacs line up in the narrow B-deck's port-side passageway. People sitting in an affected cabin could hear conversations - and would have to squeeze through the Zodiac line when entering or leaving a cabin. So if you are assigned a port-side B-deck cabin, try switching to the starboard B-deck side of the ship. It never has more than scant traffic.
In rough seas, you experience less vertical see-sawing movement in midship cabins than in those near the front or rear of the ship. Decks matter, too. The A deck has the least and the Promenade deck the most horizontal rolling movement.
Pass the time watching lectures (on close-circuit TV from the Main Lounge). Or, enjoy scheduled movies and documentaries on your TV. Or, ask your steward or butler to bring you a DVD for your in-cabin player.
It is no longer permitted in cabins or their private balconies, for several reasons, including ship safety.
Some ships bombard your cabin with public address announcements. The Minerva keeps them to a minimum.

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