Route · from Bluff or Lyttelton, New Zealand, or Hobart, Australia
The deep south of the heroic age, a month from anywhere. A month-long voyage from New Zealand or Tasmania via the sub-Antarctic islands to the Ross Sea, the Ross Ice Shelf and the historic huts of the heroic age.
25–30 days
No Drake crossing
Jan · Feb
From $30,000
This is the far side of Antarctica, and few people ever see it. Voyages call at sub-Antarctic islands on the way south, then enter the Ross Sea: the towering face of the Ross Ice Shelf, the smoking summit of Mount Erebus, and the preserved huts from which Scott and Shackleton set out.
From Bluff or Lyttelton, New Zealand, or Hobart, Australia
to Bluff or Lyttelton, New Zealand, or Hobart, Australia
to Bluff or Lyttelton, New Zealand, or Hobart, Australia
Distances are vast and weather governs every plan, so these voyages carry a premium and depart only in the heart of summer. For travellers drawn to polar history, there is nothing else like it.
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Duration
- 25–30 days
- Embark: Bluff or Lyttelton, New Zealand, or Hobart, Australia
- Disembark: Bluff or Lyttelton, New Zealand, or Hobart, Australia
The Drake
- Not crossed by sea
- No flight segment
Wildlife
- Adélie penguins
- Emperor penguins
- Weddell seals
- Orcas
- Minke whales
- Royal albatrosses
Best months
- Jan
- Feb
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