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Antarctic cruises with polar plunge

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.

Antarctic Express: Fly the Drake Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer

Antarctic Express: Fly the Drake

Jan 9, 2028 – Jan 16, 2028 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
$20,184 per person, from
available
Unexplored Western Antarctica between Two Continents PONANT · Le Commandant Charcot

Unexplored Western Antarctica between Two Continents

Jan 11, 2028 – Feb 9, 2028 · 30 days · from Ushuaia (Argentina)
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingMountaineering & ski touringPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
$153,880 per person, from
available
Antarctic Express: Fly South, Sail North Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer

Antarctic Express: Fly South, Sail North

Jan 14, 2028 – Jan 22, 2028 · 9 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
$14,774 per person, from
available
Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent Quark Expeditions · World Voyager

Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent

Jan 15, 2028 – Jan 25, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
5 cabin offers
$16,425 per person, from
available
Antarctic Express: Sail South, Fly North Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer

Antarctic Express: Sail South, Fly North

Jan 21, 2028 – Jan 30, 2028 · 10 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
$15,985 per person, from
available
Antarctic Peninsula: Crossing the Circle Quark Expeditions · World Voyager

Antarctic Peninsula: Crossing the Circle

Jan 24, 2028 – Feb 6, 2028 · 14 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
5 cabin offers
$21,384 per person, from
available
Antarctic Express: Fly the Drake Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer

Antarctic Express: Fly the Drake

Jan 28, 2028 – Feb 4, 2028 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
$20,184 per person, from
available
Antarctic Express: Sail South, Fly North Quark Expeditions · World Voyager

Antarctic Express: Sail South, Fly North

Feb 5, 2028 – Feb 14, 2028 · 10 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
5 cabin offers
$17,991 per person, from
available
Antarctic Express: Fly South, Sail North Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer

Antarctic Express: Fly South, Sail North

Feb 7, 2028 – Feb 15, 2028 · 9 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
$14,774 per person, from
available
Unexplored Eastern Antarctica between Two Continents PONANT · Le Commandant Charcot

Unexplored Eastern Antarctica between Two Continents

Feb 11, 2028 – Mar 12, 2028 · 31 days · from Hobart, Tasmania (Australia)
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
$169,140 per person, from
available
Antarctic Express: Fly the Drake Quark Expeditions · World Voyager

Antarctic Express: Fly the Drake

Feb 12, 2028 – Feb 19, 2028 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
5 cabin offers
$18,635 per person, from
available

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