|
|
ANTARCTIC 2008-2009 : Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia and Falkland Islands | Icebreaker Voyages |
ULTIMATE ANTARCTICA - ICEBREAKER VOYAGESSemi-Circumnavigation of Antarctica Great Antarctic Explorers - Search for the Far South 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. |
Embark in Ushuaia. Cross the Drake Passage and continue into the Weddell Sea to land by helicopter and explore the Emperor Penguin colony on the frozen sea near Snow Hill Island. Visit the Adélie and Gentoo Penguin colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula. Disembark in Ushuaia. Vessel: Kapitan Khlebnikov For detailed information about the itineraries, ships and prices please request a coloured brochure "Ultimate Antarctica - Icebreaker voyages onboard the Kapitan Khlebnikov". Dates: Departures from 08 October to 01 November 2008; all dates are for voyages only, we suggest that 2 days are allowed for travelling at start and finish of the voyages.
|
Embark in Ushuaia. Cross the Drake Passage to the South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula. Navigate the Neumayer and Lemaire Channels. Visit Ukrainian Vernadskiy Station, cross the Antarctic Circle and continue to Marguerite Bay and into the Bellinghausen Sea. Land on Peter I Island. Break through the ice on the Amundsen Sea before visiting the Dry Valleys by helicopter. Visit the huts of Scott and Shackleton at Cape Royds and Cape Evans. Sail northwards to Campbell and Enderby Islands, before disembarking in Lyttelton, New Zealand Vessel: Kapitan Khlebnikov For detailed information about the itinerary, ship and prices please request a coloured brochure "Ultimate Antarctica - Icebreaker voyages onboard the Kapitan Khlebnikov". Dates: 13 November 2008 to 13 December 2008; dates are for voyage only, we suggest that 2 days are allowed for travelling at start and finish of the voyages.
|
Embark in Lyttelton, New Zealand, and sail to Enderby and Campbell Islands. Continue into the Ross Sea. Visit Cap Adare, where Carsten Borchgrevink made the first overwintering on Antarctica. Landings are planned at Possession Islands, Cape Hallet, Campbell Glacier, Terra Nova Bay, Cape Russell, the Drygalski Ice Tongue, Franklin Island, Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds, Scott's hut at Cape Evans, and the Dry Valleys. Visit the American Station at McMurdo Sound, with Scott's Discovery hut nearby. On the way north, visit Balleny Island and Macquarie Island with its Royal Penguin colony. Disembark in Hobart, Tasmania. The guest lecturer for this voyage will be Adrian Raeside grandson and biographer of Sir Charles Wright - glaciologist for Scott's 1910 expedition. Vessel: Kapitan Khlebnikov Dates; 13 December 2008 - 07 January 2009; dates are for voyage only, we suggest that 2 days are allowed for travelling at start and finish of the voyages. For detailed information about the itinerary, ship and prices please request a coloured brochure "Ultimate Antarctica - Icebreaker voyages onboard the Kapitan Khlebnikov".
|
  |
