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Antarctic Peninsula · 63°00′S · 59°00′W

Cruises visiting Bransfield Strait

Calm Channel • First Big Icebergs & Feeding Whales

205 upcoming Antarctic expeditions with Bransfield Strait on the route, from $9,614.

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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.

Whales & Dolphins

Humpback Whale

A 14–17 metre baleen whale known for breaching and long pectoral fins, often seen feeding on krill in loose groups along the ice edge.

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.

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