Everyone had different ideas of what they wanted to do. And differently he did - by spending the New Year's Eve on the edge of the globe.
Adventurers toast the new millennium in Antarctica.
A retired pension consultant and a resident of Queens, N.Y., Chakraverty along with five other people, ushered in the New Year in Antarctica. The trip, sponsored by Nikkon TV, a Japanese television company, and the DAP Airlines of Chile, had two Japanese, two Chileans and a French national, apart from Chakraverty. How the trip came about is equally interesting, according to him. Initially, Chakraverty, who has already traveled to more than 70 countries, wanted to celebrate the New Year on the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific on the international dateline. But, before he could leave for Ushuaia, Chakraverty came to know of the trip to Antarctica.