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Cruising Antarctica
The Antarctic Peninsula South Orkney INDIAN
Islands
OCEAN
Weddell
The biggest thrill of any Antarctic cruise is setting foot on the Sea
frozen continent itself. The simplest and most popular way of
South Pole
doing so is on routes that explore the Antarctic Peninsula, the ANTARCTICA
northern tip of the Antarctic continent, and the South Shetland
Islands, an archipelago of over twenty islands that lies to its PACIFIC Ross
Sea
north. onshore excursions to both peninsula and islands enter OCEAN
a magical, blue-white world of hypnotic scale and beauty, in Locator Map
which glaciers, peaks, and abundant marine wildlife vie for Area of main map
attention with gigantic icebergs and haunting historical sites. D r a k e P a s s a g e
Port Lockroy is home
to an historic research
station and the world’s
most southerly post
office, complete
with souvenir shop
and museum.
Paradise Bay is one of the peninsula’s most magical spots, with a
backdrop of ice-blue water, glacier-covered islands, and huge
floating icebergs. Its waters are visited by humpback and minke
whales. Elephant, crabeater, and Weddell seals doze on ice floes.
The Lemaire Channel
is Antarctica’s most
picturesque channel, G r a h a m L a n D
earning it the nick-
name “Kodak Gap.” Its
immense scenery
includes sheer-sided, Larsen Ice
precipit ous peaks that Shelf
rise over 3,000 ft
(1,000 m) from the
water’s edge, hanging
gla ciers, and deep-
blue icebergs of all
shapes and sizes.

The Ross Sea region can Neko Harbor faces a
be accessed on extended magnificent glacier that
icebreaker cruises. Helicopter calves regularly: the
excursions fly over Mount loud crack and boom
Erebus volcano and the Dry of tumbling ice can be
Valleys, one of the world’s heard from the beach.
most extreme deserts.

To ross Sea
Whale-spotting is best in the
Antarctic summer, February
especially. Easily observed species
include humpback and minke
whales. Endangered sei and fin
whales can also be sighted.

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