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Antarctic departures in December 2027

90 Antarctic expeditions departing in December 2027, from $9,550 per person. Compare ships, cabins and operators for the month.

December brings peak season: the warmest temperatures so far (0 to +8 °C on the Peninsula), nearly 20 hours of daylight, and the first penguin chicks hatching around the solstice — colonies turn into noisy nurseries. Whale sightings pick up week by week.

Christmas and New Year departures are the most sought-after (and priciest) of the year; celebrating the New Year at midnight in broad daylight is a story in itself. Book these sailings 12–18 months out.

Across the Antarctic Circle Aurora Expeditions · Sylvia Earle

Across the Antarctic Circle

Dec 5, 2027 – Dec 17, 2027 · 13 days · from Ushuaia
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingMountaineering & ski touring
18 cabin offers
$17,931 per person, from
available
Puerto Williams to Puerto Williams Silversea Cruises · Silver Cloud

Puerto Williams to Puerto Williams

Dec 5, 2027 – Dec 20, 2027 · 18 days · from Puerto Williams
8 cabin offers
$40,800 per person, from
available
Antarctic Peninsula: An Explorer's Expedition Polar Latitudes · Ocean Albatros

Antarctic Peninsula: An Explorer's Expedition

Dec 6, 2027 – Dec 16, 2027 · 11 days
CampingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotography
19 cabin offers
$12,066 per person, from
available
Basecamp Oceanwide Expeditions · m/v Hondius

Basecamp

Dec 7, 2027 – Dec 19, 2027 · 13 days · from Ushuaia
CampingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingMountaineering & ski touring
8 cabin offers
€10,100 per person, from
available
Classic Antarctica Air-Cruise Antarctica21 · Magellan Discoverer

Classic Antarctica Air-Cruise

Dec 7, 2027 – Dec 14, 2027 · 8 days · from Punta Arenas, Chile
8 cabin offers
available
Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent Quark Expeditions · Ultramarine

Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent

Dec 8, 2027 – Dec 19, 2027 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
9 cabin offers
$17,878 per person, from
available
Voyage to Antarctica Lindblad Expeditions · National Geographic Resolution

Voyage to Antarctica

Dec 8, 2027 – Dec 19, 2027 · 12 days
9 cabin offers
$23,635 per person, from
available
Emblematic Antarctica PONANT · Le Boréal

Emblematic Antarctica

Dec 8, 2027 – Dec 18, 2027 · 11 days · from Ushuaia (Argentina)
Kayaking & paddling
6 cabin offers
$41,340 per person, from
available

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