Lemaire Channel
Antarctica Direct: Fly the Drake Passage 9-Day
Dec 21, 2028 – Dec 29, 2028 · 9 days
66°33′S — SOUTHERN OCEAN DISPATCH
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Lemaire Channel
Dec 21, 2028 – Dec 29, 2028 · 9 days
Seals & Sea Lions
Known as kekeno in Māori, the New Zealand fur seal was hunted to near-extinction after European arrival, making today's colonies a hard-won sight. Expect to find them hauled out on rocky shorelines across the subantarctic islands.
Lemaire Channel
Dec 21, 2028 – Dec 31, 2028 · 10 days
Weddell Sea
Dec 22, 2028 – Jan 8, 2029 · 18 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Antarctic Peninsula
Dec 23, 2028 – Dec 30, 2028 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Antarctic Peninsula
Dec 25, 2028 – Jan 1, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Lemaire Channel
Dec 27, 2028 – Jan 4, 2029 · 9 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Gerlache Strait
Lemaire Channel
Dec 27, 2028 – Jan 4, 2029 · 9 days
Bellingshausen Sea
Dec 28, 2028 – Jan 11, 2029 · 15 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Antarctic Circle
Dec 28, 2028 – Jan 10, 2029 · 14 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
South Georgia
Dec 28, 2028 – Jan 9, 2029 · 18 days
Puerto Williams
South Georgia
Dec 28, 2028 – Jan 19, 2029 · 23 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Dec 28, 2028 – Jan 4, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Weddell Sea
Dec 29, 2028 – Jan 8, 2029 · 11 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Lemaire Channel
Dec 29, 2028 – Jan 8, 2029 · 10 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Dec 29, 2028 – Jan 9, 2029 · 12 days
Albatrosses & Seabirds
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.
Antarctic Peninsula
Dec 29, 2028 – Jan 7, 2029 · 10 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Antarctic Peninsula
Dec 30, 2028 – Jan 10, 2029 · 12 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Dec 30, 2028 – Jan 6, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Gerlache Strait
Lemaire Channel
Jan 2, 2029 – Jan 12, 2029 · 10 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Jan 2, 2029 – Jan 9, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Antarctic Peninsula
Jan 4, 2029 – Jan 11, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Gerlache Strait
Lemaire Channel
Jan 6, 2029 – Jan 16, 2029 · 10 days
South Georgia
Jan 7, 2029 – Jan 25, 2029 · 19 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Weddell Sea
Jan 8, 2029 – Jan 18, 2029 · 11 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Weddell Sea
Jan 8, 2029 – Jan 18, 2029 · 11 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Antarctic Peninsula
Jan 8, 2029 – Jan 19, 2029 · 12 days
South Georgia
Jan 9, 2029 – Jan 24, 2029 · 18 days
Puerto Williams
Marguerite Bay
Jan 9, 2029 – Jan 24, 2029 · 16 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Jan 9, 2029 – Jan 16, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Albatrosses & Seabirds
One of the two largest albatrosses alive, with a wingspan topping three metres. Watch for it gliding low over the swell around New Zealand's subantarctic islands.
Lemaire Channel
Jan 10, 2029 – Jan 20, 2029 · 10 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Jan 11, 2029 – Jan 18, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
South Georgia
Jan 12, 2029 – Jan 29, 2029 · 18 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Lemaire Channel
Jan 14, 2029 – Jan 24, 2029 · 10 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Jan 14, 2029 – Jan 21, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Antarctic Circle
Jan 16, 2029 – Jan 23, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Gerlache Strait
Antarctic Peninsula
Jan 16, 2029 – Jan 23, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Weddell Sea
Jan 18, 2029 – Jan 28, 2029 · 11 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Weddell Sea
Jan 18, 2029 – Jan 28, 2029 · 11 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
South Georgia
Jan 18, 2029 – Feb 9, 2029 · 23 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lemaire Channel
Jan 18, 2029 – Jan 26, 2029 · 9 days
Falkland Islands
Jan 18, 2029 – Feb 2, 2029 · 16 days
South Georgia
Jan 18, 2029 – Feb 9, 2029 · 23 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Jan 19, 2029 – Jan 26, 2029 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Lemaire Channel
Jan 22, 2029 – Feb 1, 2029 · 10 days