Swan Hellenic SH Vega 152 guests
Cruise to the Antarctic Circle
Dec 22, 2026 – Jan 4, 2027 · 13 days
Ushuaia
1,000 departures across 14 operators and 39 ships
Swan Hellenic SH Vega 152 guests
Dec 22, 2026 – Jan 4, 2027 · 13 days
Ushuaia
Wildlife
The snowy sheathbill is the only land bird native to the Antarctic continent, and one of just two sheathbill species in the world. Look down, not up: it spends its time walking the shoreline and rocks rather than flying.
Polar Latitudes Ocean Albatros 175 guests
Dec 22, 2026 – Jan 13, 2027 · 23 days
Atlas Ocean Voyages World Traveller 196 guests
Dec 23, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027 · 12 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Resolution 138 guests
Dec 26, 2026 – Jan 6, 2027 · 12 days
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Explorer 148 guests
Dec 26, 2026 – Jan 4, 2027 · 10 days
Wildlife
The Antarctic shag is the only cormorant species found on the continent, easy to pick out by its blue-ringed eyes as it stands stiffly upright on ice floes and coastal cliffs. It nests in small colonies apart from the penguin rookeries along rocky shorelines.
HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) MS Roald Amundsen 500 guests
Dec 26, 2026 – Jan 10, 2027 · 16 days
Oceanwide Expeditions m/v Hondius 170 guests
Dec 27, 2026 – Jan 6, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia
Oceanwide Expeditions m/v Ortelius 108 guests
Dec 27, 2026 – Jan 14, 2027 · 19 days
Ushuaia
Quark Expeditions Ultramarine 199 guests
Dec 27, 2026 – Jan 7, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Wildlife
A black-and-white cormorant with a startling ring of blue skin around each eye, nesting in dense colonies on bare coastal rock. Look for it wherever cliffs meet water, often perched stiff-winged like a heraldic emblem.
Quark Expeditions Ocean Explorer 138 guests
Dec 27, 2026 – Jan 6, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Polar Latitudes Ocean Victory 175 guests
Dec 27, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027 · 13 days
Poseidon Expeditions Sea Spirit 114 guests
Dec 28, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027 · 12 days