Deep South & Ross Sea · 75°00′S · 175°00′E
The Deep Field • Scott & Shackleton Huts
7 upcoming Antarctic expeditions with Ross Sea on the route, from $26,960.
The Ross Sea is Antarctica's remote deep south, reached on long expeditions from New Zealand or Australia. It holds the continent's most storied huts — Scott's and Shackleton's expedition bases, preserved in the cold exactly as they were left.
Expect emperor and Adélie penguins in vast numbers, the Ross Ice Shelf's endless white cliff, active volcano Mount Erebus, and the McMurdo Dry Valleys. These voyages are rare, long and priced accordingly — the connoisseur's Antarctica.
| Available departures | 7 |
|---|---|
| Price range (per person, USD) | $26,960 – $75,490 |
| Typical duration | 22–34 days |
| Active fleet coverage | 3 operators · 4 ships |
| Geographic sector | Deep South & Ross Sea |
| Coordinates | 75°00′S · 175°00′E |
| Prices last verified | 48-hour verification methodology |
Ross Ice Shelf
Dec 14, 2026 – Jan 8, 2027 · 26 days
Hobart
Ross Ice Shelf
Jan 7, 2027 – Feb 8, 2027 · 34 days
Dunedin
Ross Ice Shelf
Jan 25, 2027 – Feb 15, 2027 · 22 days
Dunedin (New Zealand)
Ross Ice Shelf
Feb 3, 2027 – Mar 8, 2027 · 34 days
Ushuaia
Ross Sea
Jan 11, 2028 – Feb 9, 2028 · 30 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Ross Ice Shelf
Feb 4, 2028 – Mar 8, 2028 · 34 days
Ushuaia
Ross Ice Shelf
Feb 15, 2029 – Mar 8, 2029 · 22 days
Dunedin (New Zealand)
Whales & Dolphins
Black and white apex predator instantly recognizable by its pale eye patches, the orca is the largest of the dolphins and one of the ocean's most capable hunters. Sightings often involve a tight-knit family pod working the ice edge together.
Penguins
One of the most widespread penguins in Antarctica, the Adélie is often the first tuxedoed local guests meet ashore. Its stark white eye-ring and brisk, purposeful waddle make it easy to pick out along the ice edge.
Whales & Dolphins
The Antarctic minke is a small, fast-moving rorqual, the most abundant baleen whale on Earth, though singles and pairs still take some looking to spot. It surfaces briefly among the pack ice, more often glimpsed than watched.
Albatrosses & Seabirds
The snow petrel is one of only three bird species ever recorded at the Geographic South Pole, and it holds the record for the most southerly breeding sites of any bird. Pure white against dark rock and ice, it is unmistakable and easy to pick out from a moving ship.
Albatrosses & Seabirds
A large, heavy-built seabird of the skua family, the south polar skua ranges the Southern Ocean and its ice edges with an unmistakable, gull-like silhouette. Its older name, MacCormick's skua, recalls the naval surgeon who collected the first specimen.
Whales & Dolphins
The blue whale is the largest animal known to have existed, reaching up to 30 metres in length and 200 tonnes in weight. Sightings are rare but unmistakable, usually a distant blow and a long grey-blue back rolling at the surface.
Albatrosses & Seabirds
Pale grey above, white below, and marked with a distinctive white wing patch, the southern fulmar is a familiar shape trailing expedition ships south of the Antarctic Convergence. It breeds on Antarctic cliffs and islands, then disperses north with the winter ice.
