Antarctica - explore the ultimate frontier
Do you want land and water sports, history, nature and luxury from your adventure?
Cruise to the far end of the Earth – past heart-stopping glaciers, alongside waddling penguin colonies and through a frozen wilderness to experience one of the most extraordinary places in the world.
Study the spectacular and dramatic landscape as you sail into the Antarctic Peninsula – a domain of jagged snowy mountains, immense ice shelves, calving glaciers and giant blue icebergs. Navigating south along the western side, extreme latitudes can be reached on a Polar Circle crossing. Journey through the remote Weddell Sea, on the eastern side.
During your stay, if you want to stay on board and learn more from the cruise ships informed lecturers then you can do, however if you want to get onto the ice or into the water there are a plethora of options.
’Imagine seeing one of the fifteen types of penguins from your sea kayak, paddle boarding around ice formations or scuba diving with the sea life in the clearest of waters.’
On land you can hike, snowshoe or ski to traverse the vast landscape and journey in the path of the world’s legendary explorers.
Historic sites to visit:
Pay your respects to Shackleton who is buried at Grytviken and spend time learning new facts about his life and the continent in the local museum, church, whaling station along with an abundance of wildlife.
See Waterboat Point and hear remarkable story of Bagshaw and Lester. These two young Brit’s survived a whole winter here in 1921 living beneath an upturned boat that had been left behind by whalers. A Gentoo penguin colony now resides at the site!
If meteorology is your thing, you won’t want to miss a trip to Wordie House. Critical meteorological research has been conducted here and it houses over 500 original artifacts, the building is names after James Wordie, chief scientist and geologist of Shackleton’s Endurance expedition.
A Photographer’s Paradise
Whether you’re shooting penguins playing on blue ice or one of the many birds flying above the icebergs, you’ll want to pack your best gear for capturing your adventure to the southern-most point of the Earth. Make sure your camera can function at low temperatures and get ready for the most exquisite experience of a lifetime.
And if all that wasn’t enough, The South Shetland Islands are a string of more than 20 islands, running parallel to the north-west of the Antarctic Peninsula, and are the perfect location to spot even more of the Antarctic wildlife as you sail around it.
Ready to stand with your feet on the tip of the world?
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