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Cruises visiting South Shetland Islands

676 upcoming Antarctic expeditions with South Shetland Islands on the route, from $6,795 per person.

The South Shetlands are the first land most ships reach after the Drake Passage, about 120 km off the Peninsula. The archipelago packs volcanic beaches, steaming calderas and enormous penguin and seal colonies into a single day's sailing.

Highlights include the flooded volcano of Deception Island, chinstrap colonies numbering hundreds of thousands, and southern elephant seals on the beaches. Fly-cruise itineraries start here, at King George Island's airstrip.

Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent Quark Expeditions · Ocean Explorer

Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent

Nov 12, 2027 – Nov 22, 2027 · 11 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
CampingHelicopter & flightseeingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddling
8 cabin offers
$11,947 per person, from
available
Spirit of Antarctica Aurora Expeditions · Douglas Mawson

Spirit of Antarctica

Nov 12, 2027 – Nov 23, 2027 · 12 days · from Ushuaia
CampingHiking & snowshoeing
20 cabin offers
$13,436 per person, from
available
Antarctic Peninsula: An Explorer's Expedition Polar Latitudes · Ocean Victory

Antarctic Peninsula: An Explorer's Expedition

Nov 12, 2027 – Nov 22, 2027 · 11 days
CampingHiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotography
19 cabin offers
$11,471 per person, from
available
Quest for the Antarctic Circle Lindblad Expeditions · National Geographic Resolution

Quest for the Antarctic Circle

Nov 14, 2027 – Nov 29, 2027 · 16 days
9 cabin offers
$22,390 per person, from
available
Voyage to Antarctica Lindblad Expeditions · National Geographic Endurance

Voyage to Antarctica

Nov 15, 2027 – Nov 26, 2027 · 12 days
9 cabin offers
$22,029 per person, from
available
Valparaiso to Puerto Williams Silversea Cruises · Silver Cloud

Valparaiso to Puerto Williams

Nov 15, 2027 – Dec 5, 2027 · 20 days · from Valparaiso
8 cabin offers
$31,500 per person, from
available
Emperor Penguin Quest: Expedition to Snow Hill Quark Expeditions · Ultramarine

Emperor Penguin Quest: Expedition to Snow Hill

Nov 16, 2027 – Nov 29, 2027 · 14 days · from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Hiking & snowshoeingKayaking & paddlingPhotographyPolar plunge
9 cabin offers
$32,242 per person, from
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