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
Oct 13, 2028 – Nov 1, 2028 · 20 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ultramarine
Oct 30, 2028 – Nov 16, 2028 · 18 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Helicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotography
9 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Oct 31, 2028 – Nov 10, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Nov 6, 2028 – Nov 16, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
5 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Nov 9, 2028 – Nov 26, 2028 · 18 days · from Ushuaia, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ultramarine
Nov 15, 2028 – Nov 28, 2028 · 14 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
9 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Nov 15, 2028 – Nov 25, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
5 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Nov 24, 2028 – Dec 4, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
5 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Nov 25, 2028 – Dec 4, 2028 · 10 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ultramarine
Nov 27, 2028 – Dec 8, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
9 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer
Dec 2, 2028 – Dec 9, 2028 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
8 cabin offers
Quark Expeditions · World Voyager
Dec 3, 2028 – Dec 13, 2028 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
5 cabin offers