Itinerary
- Day 1
Ushuaia
- Meals
- Dinner
Included Activities
- Board the Ushuaia polar vessel
- Meet expedition and lecture staff
- Admire views from open-air decks along Beagle Channel and Mackinlay Pass
Landmarks Beagle Channel Mackinlay Pass - Days 2 - 3
Drake Passage Crossing
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Passage through Drake Passage
- Cross Antarctic Convergence
- Birdwatching and whale spotting from open-air decks
- Lectures by expedition naturalists
- Join officers on bridge (open bridge policy)
- First land excursions to see penguins and seals (weather/conditions permitting)
Landmarks Drake Passage Antarctic Convergence South Shetland Islands - Days 4 - 8
Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Two zodiac shore excursions per day (ice conditions permitting)
- Visit Deception Island (active volcano with flooded caldera)
- Visit King George Island (Adélie and Chinstrap penguin colonies, scientific bases)
- Visit Livingston Island (penguin species and elephant seals)
- Visit Paradise Bay
- Visit Paulet Island (Adélie penguin and blue-eyed cormorant colonies)
- Visit Melchior Island
- Visit Cuverville Island
- Visit Portal Point
- Visit Neko Harbour
- Visit Pléneau Island
- Visit Petermann Island (southernmost Gentoo penguin colony, ice conditions permitting)
- Expert naturalist lectures
Landmarks South Shetland Islands Deception Island King George Island Livingston Island Gerlache Strait Neumayer Channel Lemaire Channel Paradise Bay Paulet Island Melchior Island Cuverville Island Portal Point Neko Harbour Pléneau Island Petermann Island 


- Days 9 - 10
Drake Passage Crossing
- Meals
- Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Included Activities
- Crossing Drake Passage northbound
- Birdwatching and whale spotting
- Final naturalist lectures
Landmarks Drake Passage - Day 11
Ushuaia
- Meals
- Breakfast
Included Activities
- Disembark vessel in Ushuaia

















