The Great Austral Loop
Feb 15, 2027 – Mar 4, 2027 · 18 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
1,000 departures across 14 operators and 39 ships
Feb 15, 2027 – Mar 4, 2027 · 18 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Wildlife
The snow petrel is one of only three bird species ever recorded at the Geographic South Pole, and it holds the record for the most southerly breeding sites of any bird. Pure white against dark rock and ice, it is unmistakable and easy to pick out from a moving ship.
Quark Expeditions Ultramarine 199 guests
Feb 16, 2027 – Mar 1, 2027 · 14 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Quark Expeditions World Voyager 168 guests
Feb 16, 2027 – Feb 23, 2027 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Feb 16, 2027 – Feb 26, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Antarctica21 Magellan Discoverer 76 guests
Feb 17, 2027 – Feb 24, 2027 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Wildlife
A large, heavy-built seabird of the skua family, the south polar skua ranges the Southern Ocean and its ice edges with an unmistakable, gull-like silhouette. Its older name, MacCormick's skua, recalls the naval surgeon who collected the first specimen.
Lindblad Expeditions National Geographic Resolution 138 guests
Feb 17, 2027 – Mar 6, 2027 · 18 days
HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) MS Fridtjof Nansen 500 guests
Feb 17, 2027 – Feb 28, 2027 · 12 days
Aurora Expeditions Douglas Mawson 130 guests
Feb 17, 2027 – Feb 28, 2027 · 12 days
Ushuaia
Oceanwide Expeditions m/v Plancius 108 guests
Feb 18, 2027 – Mar 2, 2027 · 13 days
Ushuaia
Wildlife
A small, sharply marked black-and-white dolphin found only around the tip of South America, often seen riding the bow wave in narrow channels. Its jacobita or panda-dolphin nickname comes from the bold two-tone pattern that make it hard to mistake for anything else.
Poseidon Expeditions Sea Spirit 114 guests
Feb 18, 2027 – Mar 1, 2027 · 12 days
HX (Hurtigruten Expeditions) MS Roald Amundsen 500 guests
Feb 18, 2027 – Mar 5, 2027 · 16 days
Feb 18, 2027 – Feb 28, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)