Bransfield Strait
Antarctica's Whale Season
Mar 18, 2027 – Mar 28, 2027 · 11 days
66°33′S — SOUTHERN OCEAN DISPATCH
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Bransfield Strait
Mar 18, 2027 – Mar 28, 2027 · 11 days
Penguins
Look for the shaggy yellow eyebrows: this stocky, crested penguin breeds in dense, noisy colonies across the Southern Ocean. It's the most numerous penguin species on Earth, though its numbers have been falling since the 1970s.
Falkland Islands
Mar 19, 2027 – Apr 6, 2027 · 19 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Mar 19, 2027 – Mar 28, 2027 · 10 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Patagonia
Mar 20, 2027 – Apr 3, 2027 · 15 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
South Georgia
Oct 1, 2027 – Nov 19, 2027 · 49 days
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Falkland Islands
Oct 9, 2027 – Nov 19, 2027 · 41 days
Bridgetown, Barbados
Gerlache Strait
Weddell Sea
Oct 18, 2027 – Nov 5, 2027 · 18 days
San Antonio (Santiago), Chile
South Georgia
Oct 19, 2027 – Nov 7, 2027 · 20 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
South Georgia
Oct 23, 2027 – Nov 14, 2027 · 23 days
Gerlache Strait
South Georgia
Oct 25, 2027 – Nov 19, 2027 · 25 days
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Antarctic Peninsula
Oct 26, 2027 – Nov 12, 2027 · 18 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Oct 29, 2027 – Nov 9, 2027 · 12 days
South Georgia
Oct 29, 2027 – Nov 18, 2027 · 21 days
Cape Town
Antarctic Circle
Oct 29, 2027 – Nov 10, 2027 · 13 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Penguins
A small, spiky-crested penguin found around the southern tip of South America and its outlying islands. Its tangled taxonomic history makes it a quietly interesting stop on any Southern Ocean itinerary.
Antarctic Circle
Nov 1, 2027 – Nov 16, 2027 · 16 days
Gerlache Strait
Nov 3, 2027 – Nov 20, 2027 · 18 days
Lemaire Channel
Nov 3, 2027 – Nov 13, 2027 · 11 days
Gerlache Strait
Weddell Sea
Nov 4, 2027 – Nov 15, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Lemaire Channel
Nov 5, 2027 – Nov 15, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lemaire Channel
Nov 6, 2027 – Nov 17, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
King George Island
Nov 7, 2027 – Nov 18, 2027 · 12 days
Weddell Sea
Nov 8, 2027 – Nov 23, 2027 · 16 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Nov 10, 2027 – Nov 21, 2027 · 12 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Antarctic Peninsula
Nov 10, 2027 – Nov 19, 2027 · 10 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Antarctic Peninsula
Nov 11, 2027 – Nov 22, 2027 · 12 days
Lemaire Channel
Nov 12, 2027 – Nov 22, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lemaire Channel
Nov 12, 2027 – Nov 22, 2027 · 11 days
Antarctic Circle
Nov 14, 2027 – Nov 29, 2027 · 16 days
Weddell Sea
Nov 14, 2027 – Nov 25, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires
Seals & Sea Lions
The southern elephant seal is the largest of all pinnipeds, with bulls roughly twice the bulk of a walrus. Watching a beachful of them roar and shove over territory is one of the most physical wildlife spectacles the Southern Ocean offers.
Gerlache Strait
Snow Hill Island
Nov 16, 2027 – Nov 29, 2027 · 14 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Antarctic Peninsula
Nov 18, 2027 – Nov 28, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia
Weddell Sea
Nov 18, 2027 – Dec 9, 2027 · 21 days
Buenos Aires
Lemaire Channel
Nov 21, 2027 – Dec 1, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Weddell Sea
Nov 21, 2027 – Dec 6, 2027 · 16 days
Antarctic Peninsula
Nov 21, 2027 – Nov 30, 2027 · 10 days
Ushuaia
Antarctic Circle
Nov 21, 2027 – Dec 1, 2027 · 11 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Antarctic Peninsula
Nov 22, 2027 – Dec 3, 2027 · 12 days
Lemaire Channel
Nov 23, 2027 – Dec 3, 2027 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Weddell Sea
Nov 24, 2027 – Dec 7, 2027 · 13 days
Buenos Aires
Gerlache Strait
Antarctic Peninsula
Nov 25, 2027 – Dec 4, 2027 · 10 days
Ushuaia
King George Island
Nov 26, 2027 – Dec 7, 2027 · 12 days
Weddell Sea
Nov 28, 2027 – Dec 9, 2027 · 12 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gerlache Strait