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 · Ocean Explorer
Jan 9, 2028 – Jan 16, 2028 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
PONANT · Le Commandant Charcot
Jan 11, 2028 – Feb 9, 2028 · 30 days · from Ushuaia (Argentina)
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingMountaineering & ski touringPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Jan 14, 2028 – Jan 22, 2028 · 9 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Jan 15, 2028 – Jan 25, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
5 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ultramarine
Jan 17, 2028 – Feb 8, 2028 · 23 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Helicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotography
9 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Jan 21, 2028 – Jan 30, 2028 · 10 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Jan 24, 2028 – Feb 6, 2028 · 14 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
5 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Jan 28, 2028 – Feb 4, 2028 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Feb 5, 2028 – Feb 14, 2028 · 10 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
5 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Feb 7, 2028 – Feb 15, 2028 · 9 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
PONANT · Le Commandant Charcot
Feb 11, 2028 – Mar 12, 2028 · 31 days · from Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Feb 12, 2028 – Feb 19, 2028 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
5 cabin offers