Luxury Antarctica & The Ross Sea Expedition
Luxury Antarctica & The Ross Sea Expedition
This thirty-day expedition is the most exclusive way to cross the white continent, a traverse from South America to Australia aboard a luxury polar icebreaker able to reach ice that defeats other ships. From Ushuaia you cross the Drake to the Antarctic Peninsula, then turn west into the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas, a coast of the deep south that almost no vessel can attempt, before entering the legendary Ross Sea with its vast ice shelf, explorer huts and immense penguin colonies. Continuing across the Southern Ocean, the voyage ends in Hobart, Tasmania, having traced half a circumnavigation of Antarctica. Throughout, the ship offers all the refinement of French luxury at sea: spacious staterooms and suites, fine dining, a spa and pool, and an expert expedition team, with the unique reach of an icebreaker that can push deep into the pack. It is the rarest of polar journeys, remote and demanding in geography, effortless and elegant in comfort.
Itinerary highlights
Traverse Antarctica from South America to Australia aboard a luxury polar icebreaker, half a circumnavigation of the continent.
Reach deep-ice coasts that other ships cannot, pushing into the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas of the remote western Antarctic.
Cross the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula, then leave the known routes behind for the far south.
Enter the legendary Ross Sea, with its vast ice shelf, preserved explorer huts and Antarctica's largest penguin colonies.
Experience the immense pack ice and 24-hour daylight of high-summer Antarctica from the comfort of an icebreaker.
Return each evening to a spacious stateroom or suite, with fine French dining, a spa, pool and refined service.
Travel with an expert expedition team, exploring by Zodiac among ice, wildlife and historic sites.
Conclude in Hobart, Tasmania, having completed one of the rarest and most ambitious voyages in polar travel.
Luxury Antarctica & The Ross Sea Expedition
This thirty-day expedition is the most exclusive way to cross the white continent, a traverse from South America to Australia aboard a luxury polar icebreaker able to reach ice that defeats other ships. From Ushuaia you cross the Drake to the Antarctic Peninsula, then turn west into the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas, a coast of the deep south that almost no vessel can attempt, before entering the legendary Ross Sea with its vast ice shelf, explorer huts and immense penguin colonies. Continuing across the Southern Ocean, the voyage ends in Hobart, Tasmania, having traced half a circumnavigation of Antarctica. Throughout, the ship offers all the refinement of French luxury at sea: spacious staterooms and suites, fine dining, a spa and pool, and an expert expedition team, with the unique reach of an icebreaker that can push deep into the pack. It is the rarest of polar journeys, remote and demanding in geography, effortless and elegant in comfort.
Itinerary highlights
Traverse Antarctica from South America to Australia aboard a luxury polar icebreaker, half a circumnavigation of the continent.
Reach deep-ice coasts that other ships cannot, pushing into the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas of the remote western Antarctic.
Cross the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula, then leave the known routes behind for the far south.
Enter the legendary Ross Sea, with its vast ice shelf, preserved explorer huts and Antarctica's largest penguin colonies.
Experience the immense pack ice and 24-hour daylight of high-summer Antarctica from the comfort of an icebreaker.
Return each evening to a spacious stateroom or suite, with fine French dining, a spa, pool and refined service.
Travel with an expert expedition team, exploring by Zodiac among ice, wildlife and historic sites.
Conclude in Hobart, Tasmania, having completed one of the rarest and most ambitious voyages in polar travel.
What's Included
- All shipboard accommodation in a stateroom or suite, almost all with private balcony
- All-inclusive fine French dining across a choice of restaurants
- Premium beverages throughout, including wines, spirits and champagne
- Zodiac excursions and shore landings with an expert expedition team
- Enrichment lectures and the onboard expedition programme
- Use of spa, pool and ship facilities, and Wi-Fi
- Onboard gratuities, port taxes and fees
What's Included
- All shipboard accommodation in a stateroom or suite, almost all with private balcony
- All-inclusive fine French dining across a choice of restaurants
- Premium beverages throughout, including wines, spirits and champagne
- Zodiac excursions and shore landings with an expert expedition team
- Enrichment lectures and the onboard expedition programme
- Use of spa, pool and ship facilities, and Wi-Fi
- Onboard gratuities, port taxes and fees
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FAQs
No, it is a one-way traverse. You embark at Ushuaia in South America, cross the Drake to the Antarctic Peninsula, then sail west through the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas and the Ross Sea, disembarking at Hobart in Tasmania. It represents half a circumnavigation of Antarctica, from one continent to another.
A polar icebreaker can push deep into pack ice that other expedition ships cannot enter, opening access to the remote western Antarctic coast and the Ross Sea. Combined with all the refinement of French luxury at sea, fine dining, suites, spa and pool, it makes the most demanding geography effortless and elegant.
Conditions permitting, the towering Ross Ice Shelf, the preserved huts of the heroic-age explorers, Antarctica’s largest Adelie penguin colonies and the dramatic backdrop of Mt Erebus and the Transantarctic Mountains. The icebreaker’s reach makes access more achievable than on a conventional ship.
Yes. Because you begin in Argentina and end in Australia, international flights need careful arrangement and the journey is long. Your Expedition Expert can coordinate flights and any stopovers in South America or Australia.