White Desert

Item: White Desert
Rating: 7.3

Luxury expeditions and camps in Antarctica's interior.

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7.3/10MABTU rating

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01heroANTARCTICA1,800
02contentVAST, MAJESTIC AND UNIMAGINABLY BEAUTIFUL — SETTING FOOT IN ANTARCTICA’S FABLED INTERIOR REMAINS A RARE AND EXTRAORDINAR786
03media text1,350
04contentOUR TRIPS540
05pricingBaby Penguins & Blue Tunnels765
06content956
07content900
08testimonialsOUR CAMPS9,450
09contentCPT – WFR428
10content900
11features gridTO THE END OF THE EARTH2,867
12contentHOW IT WORKS900

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Visual design8.0

UX & clarity7.0

Originality7.8

Craft & consistency7.2

Motion7.0

Performance & a11y7.7

This page scores 7.5; the site score weights the home page double.

Main colours

Light·white background·muted

Typography

Oswaldheading · sans · self-hosted Inter Tightbody · sans · google Arialaccent · sans · system

Stack & style

Next.js Lenis React Sanity

Editorial Luxury Photography-led Custom cursor Hero video Horizontal scroll Live chat Parallax Pinned sections Pricing table Smooth scroll

Also: Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, Vercel

Design DNA

Full-bleed polar photography (emperor penguin close-up, jagged peaks in cloud, blue glacier ice) carries the page. Headlines are tall condensed uppercase sans ('ANTARCTICA', 'WHITE DESERT', 'CPT – WFR' route codes) paired with small italic serif taglines and a spaced uppercase serif intro paragraph. Cloud layers drift over mountain photos for depth, image cards float over an ice texture, a navy band holds an Antarctica map and the footer ends with a giant wordmark. One orange Enquire button is the only saturated colour.

Worth borrowing

Pair a tall condensed caps place name with a tiny italic serif tagline over a close-up wildlife photo.
Use flight-route codes (CPT – WFR) as oversized display type to sell the journey.
Keep one warm orange enquiry button as the only colour against cold blue photography.