Lemaire Channel
Antarctica Direct: Sail and Fly the Drake Passage
Dec 7, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026 · 10 days
66°33′S — SOUTHERN OCEAN DISPATCH
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Lemaire Channel
Dec 7, 2026 – Dec 16, 2026 · 10 days
Penguins
A stocky, orange-billed penguin of the genus Pygoscelis, closest kin to the Adélie and Chinstrap. Its loud, trumpeting call, delivered with head thrown back, carries across the shoreline colonies where expedition landings are made.
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Dec 18, 2026 – Dec 29, 2026 · 11 days
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Lemaire Channel
Dec 19, 2026 – Dec 28, 2026 · 10 days
Lemaire Channel
Dec 20, 2026 – Dec 29, 2026 · 10 days
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Dec 21, 2026 – Jan 11, 2027 · 21 days
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Dec 27, 2026 – Jan 4, 2027 · 9 days
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Dec 27, 2026 – Jan 6, 2027 · 11 days
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Dec 28, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027 · 12 days
Weddell Sea
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Deception Island
Dec 29, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia
Whales & Dolphins
A 14–17 metre baleen whale known for breaching and long pectoral fins, often seen feeding on krill in loose groups along the ice edge.