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The Emperor Penguins Of The Weddell Sea

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16 Days

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Santiago de Chile

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With featured guest Mikaa Mered, geopolitologist, award-winning author, university lecturer and seasoned public speaker specialized in the Polar-Climate-Hydrogen nexus.
An all-new exploration into the almost inaccessible Weddell Sea, in search of majestic emperor penguins, amidst immaculate and dreamlike landscapes.
Outings and shore visits in a zodiac inflatable with a reinforced team of naturalist guides.

Overnight in Santiago + flight Santiago/Punta Arenas + transfers + flight Ushuaia/Santiago

With featured guest Mikaa Mered, geopolitologist, award-winning author, university lecturer and seasoned public speaker specialized in the Polar-Climate-Hydrogen nexus.

The theatre of the greatest expeditions, a refuge for the rarest wildlife and an endless ice desert, the Weddell Sea promises you intense emotions during a voyage of exploration aboard Le Commandant Charcot, an enveloping cocoon that is wide open onto the exterior polar setting. This place is home to emperor penguins, majestic birds endemic to the Antarctic, rarely observed and only in the most southern latitudes. The ultimate quest and the promise of all-new, unforgettable encounters.

From Drake Passage, as the wind blows and the waves crash against the stern of your ship, you will enter the southern seas, to the extreme and captivating Weddell Sea. Ice floe as far as the eye can see and gigantic tabular icebergs form the horizon of the colonies of Adelie penguins that populate this expanse. Contemplating these curious and quirky birds is a real privilege and the guarantee of an equally fascinating and touching show. Yet the ultimate challenge of this exploration is the search for and the encounter with their majesties, the emperor penguins. In this season, as the winter gradually makes way for the southern spring, you will perhaps witness a magical show – that of the largest penguins in the world waddling along the ice floe or the younger penguins learning to swim. It is rare to discover their elegance, so the encounter will be priceless.

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Bird Watching

Hiking

*with limited places available

Lectures

Kayaking

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Penguin Watching

Polar Plunge

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About the The Emperor Penguins Of The Weddell Sea

Overnight in Santiago + flight Santiago/Punta Arenas + transfers + flight Ushuaia/Santiago

With featured guest Mikaa Mered, geopolitologist, award-winning author, university lecturer and seasoned public speaker specialized in the Polar-Climate-Hydrogen nexus.

During your exploration of the Weddell Sea, you will follow in the footsteps of the great polar epics like that of Sir Ernest Shackleton. Our passionate naturalists will also share the history of the gigantic tabular icebergs with you, including their birth in the heart of the immense Larsen Ice Shelf. The ice here boasts all possible shades and the white takes different forms in the surrounding reliefs. Let yourself be guided and set off on an adventure into the heart of incredible and unexpected nature. Your Captain and the expert naturalists humbly seize these opportunities to give you an experience that will remain unique.

It is a challenge and a privilege to sail upon the Weddell Sea; welcome to an extraordinary universe with compelling appeal.

Itinerary Day to Day

Day 1

Santiago de Chile

Transfer from airport to selected hotel.

Meet and greet at the hotel by our local representative. Check-in from late morning.

Lunch on your own and time at leisure in the afternoon.

Dinner.

Overnight at the hotel.

Santiago de Chile

Embarkation Point

Day 2

Punta Arenas

Days 3-4

Crossing the Drake Passage

Days 5-12

The Weddell Sea Exploration

Impassable, extreme and captivating: this is the best way to describe the Weddell Sea, much of which is covered by a layer of thick, densely packed ice. It is a challenge and a privilege to sail upon this sea. Polar exploration finds its full meaning here. Heading towards the South is a real quest, with the promise of highly-charged encounters with the continent’s endemic fauna. This is the kingdom of the emperor penguin, the largest penguin in the world, renowned for its elegance. Unlike other penguins that live on the rocks, the emperor nests on the ice floe which it needs for its reproductive cycle. It is therefore on the ice floe that you will be able to observe it walking around with its characteristic gait.

In this southern sea, where the ice changes and is transformed constantly, there is never any monotony. The new reliefs and new colours ensure never-ending wonderment. You will sail into the heart of the immaculate ice floe, which is dislocated or densely packed, into an alley of icebergs. Among them are immense blocks of ice, tabular icebergs, that drift and illuminate the ocean with their cerulean blue haloes.

Aboard, on shore, on the ice, you will be as close as possible to the colonies of Adelie penguins, Weddell seals, Mink whales, orcas, snow petrels.… With a little luck, you will get a glimpse of a rare Ross seal with its silver pelage or of emperor penguins, waddling along the edge of the ice floe. A sight that is as fascinating as it is emotional.

Weddell Sea

Day 13

North Antarctic Peninsula

Days 14-15

Crossing the Drake Passage

Day 16

Ushuaia & Santiago de Chile

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What's Included

Transfer from airport upon flight arrival.
1-night accommodation in a 5* hotel the night before embarkation (your hotel will be confirmed few weeks before your cruise).
Early check-in available from late morning.
Hospitality desk at the hotel in Santiago.
Return flight Santiago/Punta Arenas and Ushuaia/Santiago in economy class.
Meals as mentioned in the programme and beverage package.
Transfers as mentioned in the programme.

What's Excluded

Tips for the local guide.
Personal expenses.
Other meals and services not mentioned in the programme.

We’ll carefully listen to your aspirations and curate an impartial shortlist of personalized polar cruise recommendations—and pre- and post-cruise extensions—to match your desired experience.

Next we’ll place a free, no obligation, 24-hour cabin hold on your preferred cruise option whilst we discuss the final details. Book and relax safe in the knowledge you’ll be paying the lowest price guaranteed.

Then we’ll provide you with our expert packing advice, insider travel tips, and more to ensure you are fully prepared for—and maximize your enjoyment of—your once-in-a-lifetime Antarctica expedition.

The Emperor Penguins Of The Weddell Sea

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