Falklands, South Georgia and Antarctica

Take an epic voyage to the Antarctic Peninsula and the Subantarctic Islands. Follow in Shackleton’s footsteps in South Georgia, visiting one of the largest king penguin colonies on earth, watching fur and elephant seal on the beaches and learning the history of the whaling stations.

Like Roald Amundsen and other great men of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, Sir Ernest Shackleton spent much of his life in pursuit of answers to the mysteries of the South Pole. His passion was ignited in 1901 when he sailed aboard the ship of Captain Robert Falcon Scott. By 1907, Shackleton was leading his own expeditions, first on the Nimrod and then, in 1914, aboard the ill-fated Endurance.

Duration: 21 days

Ship: M/V Sylvia Earle

Depart: November – January

Prices from: US $24,740pp CA $31,740pp (trip only)

The mission to cross from the Weddell Sea to the Ross Sea proved impossible. Endurance became locked in ice in January 1915 and over nine months, the elements crushed it. Camping on an ice drift, the 28 men were soon forced to take their boats into dangerous conditions. We follow their path, first journeying to Elephant Island and then the 800 miles to South Georgia.

Optional activites

Carbon footprint: 3,347kg CO2e (average pp)

Itinerary

Day 1 Join trip in Ushuaia

Day 2 Embark on the M/V Sylvia Earle

Day 3 Drake Passage

Day 4 Drake Passage and South Shetland Islands

Days 5-7 Antarctic Peninsula

Day 8 Elephant Island

Days 9-10 Scotia Sea

Days 11-15 South Georgia

Days 16-18 At sea

Day 19 Falklands

Day 20 At sea

Day 21 Trip ends in Ushuaia