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Extraordinary Antarctic route: Weddell Sea Explorer Intensive incl. Helicopter Panorama Flight

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Polar
Venture to the frozen frontiers of the Earth
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Itinerary

  1. Intro

    Introduction

  2. Days 1 - 3

    Ushuaia to South Georgia

    Ushuaia to South Georgia
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • Board MS Ortelius cruise ship
    • Sail through Beagle Channel
    • Cross Antarctic Convergence
    • Observe seabirds including albatrosses, shearwaters, petrels, prions and skuas
    Landmarks
    Ushuaia
    Beagle Channel
  3. Days 4 - 6

    South Georgia

    South Georgia
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • Pass Shag Rocks
    • Visit Prion Island (observe breeding albatrosses)
    • Visit Fortuna Bay (follow Shackleton's route to Stromness)
    • Visit Salisbury Plain (observe king penguin colonies and Antarctic fur seals)
    • Visit St. Andrews Bay (observe king penguin colonies and Antarctic fur seals)
    • Visit Gold Harbor (observe king penguin colonies and Antarctic fur seals)
    • Visit Grytviken abandoned whaling station
    • Visit South Georgia Museum
    • Visit Ernest Shackleton grave
    Landmarks
    Shag Rocks
    Prion Island
    Fortuna Bay
    Stromness
    Salisbury Plain
    St. Andrews Bay
    Gold Harbor
    Grytviken
    South Georgia Museum
    Ernest Shackleton grave
  4. Days 7 - 8

    South Georgia to South Sandwich Islands

    South Georgia to South Sandwich Islands
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • Sail toward South Sandwich Islands
    • Observe seabirds (south polar skuas and snow petrels)
  5. Day 9

    South Sandwich Islands

    South Sandwich Islands
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • Zodiac cruise through South Sandwich Islands (weather permitting)
    • Observe marine wildlife (humpback whales, minke whales)
    • Observe seabirds (brown skuas, chinstrap penguins, Adelie penguins, gray-headed albatross, black-browed albatross, wandering albatross)
    Landmarks
    South Sandwich Islands
  6. Days 10 - 12

    South Sandwich Islands to Weddell Sea

    South Sandwich Islands to Weddell Sea
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • Sail toward Antarctic continent
    • Approach Queen Maud Land
    • Approach New Swabia
    Landmarks
    Queen Maud Land
    New Swabia
  7. Days 13 - 14

    New Swabia, Queen Maud Land

    New Swabia, Queen Maud Land
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • Explore New Swabia
    Landmarks
    New Swabia
  8. Days 15 - 23

    Weddell Sea Expedition

    Weddell Sea Expedition
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • Sail deep into Weddell Sea
    • Observe Weddell seals
    • Observe crabeater seals
    • Observe leopard seals
    • Observe emperor penguins
    • Observe humpback whales
    • Observe minke whales
    • Observe orcas
    • Sightseeing flight over Brunt Ice Shelf
    • Sightseeing flight along Luitpold Coast
    • Zodiac cruise (weather permitting)
    • Land on ice floe (weather permitting)
    • View area where Shackleton's Endurance sank
    • Observe emperor penguin colonies
    • Visit James Ross Island (weather permitting)
    Landmarks
    Weddell Sea
    Brunt Ice Shelf
    Luitpold Coast
    Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf
    Antarctic Peninsula
    Larsen Ice Shelf
    Endurance wreck site
    Snow Hill Island
    Erebus and Terror Gulf
    James Ross Island
  9. Day 24

    Brown Bluff and Kinnes Cove

    Brown Bluff and Kinnes Cove
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • Visit Brown Bluff
    • Observe Adelie penguins at Brown Bluff
    • Observe gentoo penguins at Brown Bluff
    • Observe nesting petrels at Brown Bluff
    • Visit Kinnes Cove
    • View Madder Cliffs
    • Observe gentoo penguins at Kinnes Cove
    Landmarks
    Brown Bluff
    Antarctic Sound
    Kinnes Cove
    Madder Cliffs
  10. Day 25

    Elephant Island

    Elephant Island
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • View Elephant Island
    • Zodiac cruise to Point Wild (weather permitting)
    Landmarks
    Elephant Island
    Point Wild
  11. Days 26 - 27

    Drake Passage Crossing

    Drake Passage Crossing
    Meals
    Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Snack (Coffee and tea)

    Included Activities

    • Cross Drake Passage
    • Observe seabirds during crossing
    Landmarks
    Drake Passage
  12. Day 28

    Ushuaia Disembarkation

    Ushuaia Disembarkation

    Included Activities

    • Disembark MS Ortelius
    Landmarks
    Ushuaia

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