Overview - Antarctic Explorer From $4,390

Discovering the Peninsula

Multiple departures and a choice of ships: 11 or 12-day vacation cruises for travelers seeking highlights of the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands. Choose from optional adventure activities - sea-kayaking, camping, cross-country skiing and mountaineering. During the Antarctic adventure cruises presentations about wildlife, ice and the history of the seventh continent are made by our experienced Expedition Team.

 

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Antarctic Explorer Images

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Life and death - the natural elements of an Antarctic adventure.
Life and death - the natural elements of an Antarctica cruise.
Sunset paints the sea, sky and mountains in Antarctica.
Touch down - a skua fishes for dinner in the Gerlache Strait.
Eye level with a Gentoo Penguin during an Antarctic cruise.
Can you spot the kelp gulls soaring across the glacier front?

Antarctic Explorer Itinerary

Expedition Summary

Day 1
Ushuaia
Day 2
Embarkation Day
Day 3-4
The Drake Passage
Day 5-8
Antarctica & South Shetland Islands
Day 9-10
The Drake Passage
Day 11
Disembarkation in Ushuaia

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Cruise to Adventure

Four Options Offered:

  1. Kayaking
  2. Camping
  3. Cross-country skiing
  4. Mountaineering

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Antarctic Explorer Route Map

Antarctic Explorer Interactive Map
Antarctic Circle - One of the 5 major parallels of latitude on Earth, crossings are usually a ceremonious affair.
South Shetland Islands - The UK, Chile and Argentina hold claim to the islands, where many countries keep research stations.
Anvers Island - Named after Belgium city Antwerp, Palmer Station (USA) studies marine ecosystems here year-round.
The Drake Passage - Whether Drake Lake, or the dreaded Drake Shake, the area is good for sighting whales and seabirds.
Beagle Channel - Both Chilean and Argentinean, it’s named after the ship on which Darwin’s journey made him famous.
Ushuaia, Argentina - Capital of island province Tierra del Fuego, commonly regarded as southernmost city in the world
Gerlache Strait - Named in honor of Lt. Adrien de Gerlache, who explored the iceberg-rich strait in 1898 for Belgium.
Antarctic Circle South Shetland Islands Anvers Island The Drake Passage Beagle Channel Ushuaia, Argentina Gerlache Strait

Antarctic Explorer Reviews

Reviews for this expedition

Antarctic Explorer

Sitting down in the snow and having little penguins waddle up to me and climb into my lap - that was precious. The true highlight was having a humpback whale swim right up to the side of our zodiac boat. He swim under us, around us, spyhoped and dove down exposing his fluke for us and played with us for over an hour...that was amazing and once in a lifetime experience!

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Antarctic Explorer

Each day was a highlight once arriving in Antarctica, but the Zodiac excursions amongst the icebergs, seals and penguins were thrilling. We had a bit of an adventure when our Zodiac engine died, a katabatic wind pushed us into the pack ice requiring ropes, paddles and scrambling over rocks to get to a working zodiac... Staff was very professional and serious about the matter, but it was fun.

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Amazing Antarctica

I can not recommend this trip, and Quark, highly enough! I have been on a 19 month 'round the world odyssey (still going!) and my Antarctic trip has been, and will be, my most amazing and memorable experience! Out of many, many wonderful experiences, the highlight would have to be the afternoon known as "whale soup". We saw so many whales that day, including one humpback that was showing off just for us, breaching, rolling over and diving right under our zodiac. truly jaw-dropping!!

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