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ANTARCTIC 2010-2011 : Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia and Falkland Islands | Icebreaker Voyages |
ULTIMATE ANTARCTICA - ICEBREAKER VOYAGESWeddell Sea: Emperor Penguins & Snow Hill Island Emperors & Kings: Snow Hill and South Georgia penguin safari The Weddell Sea and South Georgia: Celebrating the heroes of HMS Endurance Epic Antarctica: from west to east An icebreaker is a ship with a very strong hull and very powerful engines so that it can force its way through thick ice and operate in frozen seas. Only with an icebreaker is it possible to make scheduled cruises to the coast of Antarctica. The Kapitan Khlebnikov, which carries a maximum of 112 passengers in comfort, is a modern icebreaker which has two helicopters for making landings in otherwise inaccessible places, as well as giving astounding aerial views. |
Embarkation is Ushuaia and disembarkation is in Stanley, Falkland Islands. From here you fly to Santiago, Chile where you overnight before flying home. This icebreaker expedition offers a rare chance to see emperor and king penguins during the same voyage. It is an ideal 'graduating' departure for past passengers who have only visited the Peninsula. Conservationist and internationally-renowned wildlife artist Robert Bateman and his wife will be joining us as the special guests aboard. Travel from London - London (embark in Ushuaia) Guide price £17,115 per person based on twin cabin (private facilities)
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Celebrating the heroes of HMS EnduranceThis voyage will mark the 95th anniversary of the sinking of Endurance on November 21, 1915. Members of the expedition will follow in the wake of Otto Nordenskjold and Ernest Shackleton, visiting historic sites, hiking over terrain and flying over pack ice floating on the same sea over which Shackleton and the crew of Endurance slogged in desperation. A landing will be attempted on Elephant Island before heading to the Antarctic Peninsula, South Sandwich Islands and South Georgia, Disembarkation will be at Stanley in the Falkland Islands.
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This is the last time the polar class icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov will sail half way round Antarctica. During this voyage we visit the Phantom Coast. Explorer Richard E. Byrd gave the coast that lies between Palmer Peninsula and Thurston Island its ghostly title: For two centuries, the ice-locked coastline defied the efforts of explorers to chart it. In the early 1960s, the US Navy mounted icebreaker operations in the Bellingshausen and Amundsen Seas. USS Glacier and USS Staten Island, equipped with helicopters, penetrated farther than any previous surface vessels. Using aerial reconnaissance, crews from the icebreakers rewrote the maps, confirming that Thurston Peninsula was actually an island. More than forty years later, exploring the Phantom Coast is still a challenge for all but the toughest vessels. Our purpose-built, polar class, icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov can meet the challenge. After a night in Santiago, fly to Stanley in the Falkland Islands to join the ship for this extraordinary voyage which ends nearly 30 days later in Hobart, Tazmania. Travel from London - London (embark in Stanley) Guide price £22,745 per person based on twin cabin (private facilities)
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