Skift Take
Google positions itself as a key influencer in how people perceive destinations and where they decide to visit. The trekker program capturing these hard-to-reach places will likely make them more approachable to tourists.
A century ago Sir Ernest Shackleton, a British explorer known for his four Antarctic expeditions, and his crew sailed to Antarctica to explore the uninhabited continent of penguins and sub-zero temperatures.
This year, to mark the centennial celebration of the expedition, Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic and Google Street View teamed to showcase the continent and surrounding islands like never before.
Google's Trekker project enables a photographer for a tourism board, university or another entity to carry a camera weighing 43 pounds, mounted on backpack, and to use its 15 lenses to shoot a photo every 2.5 seconds. Linblad Expeditions and National Geographic captured more t
