EMBLEMATIC ANTARCTICA
Ushuaia Roundtrip
If
there is one place on the globe that fires the imagination of
travellers and arouses in them an instant thirst for adventure, it is
the immaculate and faraway lands of the White Continent. Inhabited by a
surprising endemic fauna, the Antarctic will welcome you during an
11-day expedition cruise.
At
the border between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans, you will enter
Drake Passage. At the roaring fifties and the screaming sixties, the
wind blows and the waves beat against the stern of the ship. In the
sky, cape petrels lead you toward their realm until you reach the first
of the continent’s lands.
Ice
is there in all its forms. The mountainous landscapes open up to give
way to huge calving glaciers, tabular icebergs drift in the middle of
the Southern Ocean, and the sea ice shimmers in the distance. On board,
the naturalists share with you the secrets of this unique ecosystem. As
you near the shores, the first penguins appear. Gentoo,
Adélie, chinstrap: these surprising birds, emblematic of the
Antarctic, share their beaches with leopard, crabeater and Weddell
seals. During an outing on land or at sea, in a zodiac dinghy or a
kayak, you will move through a stunning scenery bathed in polar light.
