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DAYS 1-7 USHUAIA / FALKLAND
ISLANDS From Ushuaia, voyage to
the rugged Falklands, where you enjoy
encounters with Magellanic penguins,
nesting gentoos in their burrows, and dashing
rockhopper penguins, with their teeming cliff
colonies and devil-may-care surf landings.
DAYS 8-11
SOUTH
GEORGIA
ISLAND
Rearing
10,000 feet out of
the sea, supremely
isolated South
Georgia is one
of the most
spectacular islands in the world—and home
to one of the greatest concentrations of
Subantarctic wildlife on the planet! Landings
include Salisbury Plain, with its thousands
of king penguins, and the old Norwegian
whaling station of Grytviken, where fabled
explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton is buried.
DAYS 12-20 SCOTIA SEA / SOUTH
SHETLAND ISLANDS / ANTARCTIC
PENINSULA Cross the Scotia Sea to the
stunning Antarctic Peninsula, a breathtaking
realm of ice-covered mountains and
incredible wildlife. Your visits may include
Paulet Island, with its stunning tabular
icebergs, Deception Island, a sea-filled
volcanic crater the ship enters through the
dramatic Neptune’s Bellows, and the awe-
inspiring Lemaire Channel. You’ll walk amid
teeming penguin colonies, visit a research
station, explore by Zodiac, and take a bracing
dip in the hot springs at Deception Island.
Return to Ushuaia and depart on Day 20.
DATES
Oct 29-Nov 18, 2017
Nov 6-25, 2017
Nov 20-Dec 8, 2017
Dec 18, ‘17-Jan 5, ‘18
Jan 3-23, 2018
Jan 5-24, 2018
Jan 25-Feb 13, 2018
Nov 3-24, 2018
Dec 31, ‘18-Jan 19, ‘19
Feb 12-Mar 3, 2019
Cruise length, itinerary & ship vary by departure
TRIP COST
From $12,595 based on triple occupancy
Price is per person and depends on cabin type
Experience three epic destinations of
the Southern Ocean: the wildlife oasis
of the Falkland Islands, breathtaking
South Georgia Island, with its legends of
Shackleton and spectacular colonies of
stately king penguins, and the celebrated
Antarctic Peninsula,
a dazzling realm of
glistening glaciers
and towering peaks
rising straight from
the sea. On this
expedition cruise, set
out for adventures
by go-anywhere Zodiacs amid drifting
bergs, hike on remote shores thronged
with chattering penguins and basking
elephant seals, and learn from expert
naturalists who illuminate the dream
world of the Antarctic.
From/To
Buenos
Aires
Drake
Passage
Strait of
Magellan
ATLANTIC
OCEAN
PACIFIC
OCEAN
SCOTIA
SEA
SOUTH
GEORGIA
ISLAND
SOUTH
ORKNEY
ISLANDS
FALKLAND ISLANDS
PAULET ISLAND
DECEPTION
ISLAND
SOUTH SHETLAND
ISLANDS
CHILEAN
FJORDS
Ushuaia
Port Stanley
ANTARCTIC
PENINSULA
SOUTH
AMERICA
200 km
200mi