140 upcoming Antarctic departures offering polar plunge, from $11,624 per person. Optional activities have limited places — book them with the cruise.
The polar plunge is the voyage's rite of passage: a leap into water around 0 °C, usually from the gangway with a safety line, occasionally off a beach — famously at Deception Island's geothermal shore. Participation is free, voluntary and wildly popular.
The shock lasts seconds, the bragging rights are permanent, and a warm towel (sometimes a shot of something stronger) waits at the top of the ladder. Doctors screen participants on some ships.
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Dec 9, 2027 – Dec 16, 2027 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
5 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Dec 14, 2027 – Dec 22, 2027 · 9 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
5 cabin offers
PONANT · Le Commandant Charcot
Dec 16, 2027 – Dec 28, 2027 · 13 days · from Ushuaia (Argentina)
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Dec 18, 2027 – Dec 29, 2027 · 12 days · from Ushuaia, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ultramarine
Dec 18, 2027 – Dec 29, 2027 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
9 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Dec 21, 2027 – Jan 7, 2028 · 18 days · from Ushuaia, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
5 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ultramarine
Dec 28, 2027 – Jan 8, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
9 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Dec 28, 2027 – Jan 6, 2028 · 10 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
PONANT · Le Commandant Charcot
Dec 28, 2027 – Jan 11, 2028 · 15 days · from Ushuaia (Argentina)
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPolar plunge
9 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Jan 4, 2028 – Jan 11, 2028 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Jan 6, 2028 – Jan 16, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
5 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ultramarine
Jan 7, 2028 – Jan 18, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
9 cabin offers