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Cruises visiting Anvers Island

140 upcoming Antarctic expeditions with Anvers Island on the route, from $6,650 per person.

Anvers Island anchors the scenic heart of the Peninsula's west coast, across the Gerlache Strait from the mainland. Its glaciers pour into some of Antarctica's most photographed waters.

Ships call at the US research base Palmer Station when schedules allow, and nearby Torgersen Island's Adélie colonies show climate change in real time.

Wildlife you can spot here

Wildlife

Gentoo Penguin

A stocky, orange-billed penguin of the genus Pygoscelis, closest kin to the Adélie and Chinstrap. Its loud, trumpeting call, delivered with head thrown back, carries across the shoreline colonies where expedition landings are made.

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