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Ushuaia
South Shetland Islands
OUR JOURNEY
Port Stanley Falkland Islands
South Orkney Islands
ANTARCTIC PENINSULA
DAY 1 | Welcome to Ushuaia
You’ll be met on arrival and escorted to the 5-star Arakur Resort & Spa where sea-view rooms have been reserved for our guests.
DAY 2 | Tour Tierra del Fuego + Embark the Ocean Victory
Discover the raw, wild beauty of Tierra del Fuego National Park, and then board our state-of-the-art ship. Settle in to your outside stateroom and meet your expedition team as we set sail along the BeagleChannel. mealsb+d
DAYS3+4 | TheDrakePassage While the Drake Passage is known for its high winds and seas, you’ll voyage confidently aboard the Ocean Victory, our next-generation Polar ship purpose- built with stabilizers, powerful engines and a highly-qualified crew. Enhanced by
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South Georgia Island
engaging shipboard talks, the anticipation builds as Antarctic wildlife comes into view. On Day 4, we might catch our first sightings of seals and penguins. The Drake Passage is also renowned for its abundance of birds that follow in the wake of passing ships! meals 2b+2l+2d
DAYS 5 TO 7 | Antarctic Sound + Weddell Sea
Rounding the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula brings us into remote waters where huge tabular icebergs roam, having broken off the floating Larsen Ice Shelf farther south. As sea and land conditions allow, we expect to make landings on both the Continent and some of the islands that dot the Antarctic Sound and Weddell Sea. Always, our sharp- eyed naturalists and crew will be on-hand to point out the remarkable wildlife including large penguin colonies and all-white Snow Petrels and Pintado Petrels swooping over the ice floes. meals 3b+3l+3d
Chinstrap penguin
DAYS 8 TO 12 | South Georgia Island Several days at sea are enhanced by
engaging lectures on the geology, wildlife and climate of Antarctica and the South Atlantic; gripping tales of Polar explorers who sailed before us are also among the topics to be covered. Indeed, our planned route follows Sir Ernest Shackleton who
led his men on a desperate voyage in open lifeboats until they reached Elephant Island. We expect to pass close by Elephant Island and continue in the explorer’s wake until we reach South Georgia Island just as Shackleton did more than 100 years ago.
Exploring in Zodiacs with our expert naturalists and venturing ashore at a variety of landing sites on South Georgia promise unforgettable wildlife encounters. We can expect healthy populations of penguins, sea lions, seals and a wide variety of sea birds all seeking shelter on this land oasis amid the roaring Southern Atlantic.
ARGENTINA
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Buenos Aires
ATLANTIC OCEAN
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