The Antarctic Peninsula and Weddell Sea - M/V Ushuaia
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- Follow the route of famous explorers - travel in the footsteps of Sir Ernest Shackleton
- Journey deep into Antarctica - explore an area trodden by only a few lucky explorers
- Explore by Zodiac - sail beneath huge icebergs and towering glaciated peaks
- Incredible wildlife - see whales, seals and vast penguin colonies
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Embark the MV Ushuaia in the afternoon and meet your expedition crew and lecture staff. After you have settled into your cabins, sail along the famous Beagle Channel and the scenic Mackinlay Pass.
Meals Provided : Dinner
Named after the renowned explorer, Sir Francis Drake, who sailed these waters in 1578, the Drake Passage also marks the Antarctic Convergence - a biological barrier where cold polar water sinks beneath the warmer northern waters. The Drake Passage also marks the north...
The first sightings of icebergs and snow-capped mountains indicate that you have reached the South Shetland Islands, a group of twenty islands and islets, and what will be your first encounter with penguins and seals.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
This is where huge tabular icebergs roam. The Weddell Sea is chock-a-block full with ice, making for exciting ice navigation. Why not get up early and go out on deck; the sunrises will be unlike anything you've ever seen. Huge tabular icebergs break from the Larsen, R...
Hope Bay and the Argentinian Station, Esperanza, are located on the western side of the Antarctic Sound. Brown Bluff, a promontory on the Tabarin Peninsula, is located south of Hope Bay. Both of them might be possible landing sites.This region also teems with vibrant exploration history.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
The Weddell Sea represents the centre of the Peninsula's Adélie penguin population. The numbers of penguins are breathtaking. Sometimes juvenile emperor penguins have been sighted, but are not regulars in the area.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
You will have plenty of time to explore the Antarctic Peninsula's amazing scenery, pristine wilderness of snow, ice, mountains and waterways and a wide variety of wildlife. Apart from gentoo and chinstrap Penguins and seabirds, you are likely to encounter Weddell, crabeater and leopard seals, as well as minke and orca whales at close range.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
We hope to navigate some of the most beautiful waterways: the Gerlache Strait, Errera Channel and Neumayer Channel. Possible landing sites may include: Paradise Bay, which is perhaps the most aptly named place in the world with its impressive glacial fronts and mounta...
Today, we head back across the Drake Passage, in the direction of Ushuaia.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
The last lectures help polish our Antarctic education before making a ceremonial rounding of Cape Horn, time and weather permitting.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
A pre-dawn sail along the Beagle Channel and an early breakfast prepare you to dock in Ushuaia. There's time for final photos and to say our farewells before disembarking.
Meals Provided : Breakfast
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