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Cruises visiting Ross Ice Shelf

5 upcoming Antarctic expeditions with Ross Ice Shelf on the route, from $26,725 per person.

The Ross Ice Shelf is the world's largest floating ice body — the size of France — ending in an ice cliff up to 50 m high that runs for hundreds of kilometres. Sailing along "the Barrier" was how the heroic-age explorers measured themselves.

Only Ross Sea expeditions reach it; pair it with Scott's and Shackleton's huts for the full deep-field experience.

Ross Sea Odyssey Aurora Expeditions · Greg Mortimer

Ross Sea Odyssey

Dec 14, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027 · 26 days · from Hobart
Kayaking & paddling
18 cabin offers
$30,171 per person, from
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