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Falklands & South Georgia · 60°44′S · 44°44′W

Antarctic cruises visiting Orcadas Station

Laurie Island • Oldest Continuously Inhabited Antarctic Base (1904)

11 upcoming Antarctic expeditions featuring Orcadas Station on the itinerary, from $12,520. Compare ships, dates and cabin fares.

South Orkney Islands
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Originally built as Omond House in 1903 by William Speirs Bruce's Scottish National Antarctic Expedition and transferred to Argentina in February 1904, Base Orcadas sits on a windswept 400-metre isthmus on Laurie Island in the remote South Orkneys — a rare Scotia Arc landing when sea ice parts.

Orcadas Station — Key Facts At a Glance
Available departures 11
Price range (per person, USD) $12,520 – $26,261
Typical duration 19–23 days
Active fleet coverage 2 operators · 6 ships
Parent polar region South Orkney Islands
Geographic sector Falklands & South Georgia
Coordinates 60°44′S · 44°44′W
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Wildlife you can spot here

Penguins

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.

Penguins

Chinstrap Penguin

Named for the thin black band under its chin, the chinstrap penguin looks as if it is wearing a helmet. Listen for it before you see it: it has one of the loudest, harshest calls of any penguin.

Seals & Sea Lions

Antarctic Fur Seal

A small, quick-moving seal named almost by accident after the German ship that first collected it near Kerguelen, not for the continent it's rarely seen on. Despite the name, most encounters happen on subantarctic beaches, not the Antarctic mainland.

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