as in embarkation
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The short four-hour flight from JFK (chartered by Viking for the expedition) felt like a breeze compared to the multi-day journey down to Antarctica’s embarkation port at Ushuaia, the southernmost end of the world.—
Jillian Dara,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Jan. 2026 -
Traveling without a passport can also complicate the embarkation process, leaving guests stuck in extra lines.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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The bill requires sites with cabins or sleeping quarters located within a 100-year floodplain to have an evacuation plan in place, as well as escape ladders.—
Gretchen Butwid,
Austin American Statesman,
10 Feb. 2026
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The orbiting lab has been operating with a skeleton crew of three since mid-January, when the Crew-11 mission departed a month early in the first-ever medical evacuation from the ISS.—
Robert Z. Pearlman,
Space.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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“Embarkment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/embarkment. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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