Antarctic semi-circumnavigations – Antarctic expedition route

From Argentina to New Zealand (or vice versa) through the Ross Sea – an extraordinary route for Antarctic semi-circumnavigations with a real expedition character.

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Possible highlights during your Antarctic semi-circumnavigation

Breathtaking nature with surreal blue glaciers, gigantic ice shelves, untouched snow, and rugged mountain ranges. Unique wildlife with many species of penguins such as emperor penguins, king penguins, gentoo penguins, chinstrap penguins, and Adélie penguins, seal species such as crabeater seals, Weddell seals, leopard seals, and elephant seals, and various species of seabirds.

Following in the footsteps of legendary polar explorers Amundsen, Scott, and Shackleton, you will visit regions that few people have ever seen before—a key feature of challenging Antarctic circumnavigations.

[Visits, landings, and helicopter flights are subject to weather and wave conditions, as well as official permits. Please refer to the individual trip descriptions, which may vary.]
  • Three continents in one trip: New Zealand – Antarctica – South America (Ushuaia).
  • If you include the journey to Frankfurt as the departure airport in Europe and Asia as a stopover on the return flight from New Zealand
  • "The End of the World": The journey begins (or ends) in Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world on Tierra del Fuego.
  • The fascinating wildlife of Antarctica: emperor penguins, royal albatrosses, Adélie penguins, gentoo penguins, African penguins, blue-footed cormorants, southern giant skuas and gulls, elephant seals, orcas, minke whales, fin whales, minke whales, and killer whales, fulmars, and giant petrels.
  • Helicopter transfer to Peter I Island, one of the most remote islands in the world (only with MS Ortelius)
  • The Ross Sea, the world's largest marine protected area (since 2017)
  • The Ross Ice Shelf, the world's largest ice shelf, with helicopter landing (only with MS Ortelius)
  • Crossing the southern polar circle at 66° 33´ south
  • Crossing the International Date Line
  • Panoramic flights in the onboard helicopter and landing on the gigantic Ross Ice Shelf
  • Ross Island with the highest mountain in Antarctica, Mount Erebus, which is also an active volcano
  • Cape Royds, where Ernest Shackleton's hut still stands
  • Cape Evans, where Robert Falcon Scott's hut can still be seen
  • Hut Point, from where Scott and his men set out for the South Pole
  • Visit to the New Zealand research station Scott Base
  • Drygalski Glacier
  • Visit to the US McMurdo research station (due to renovation work/COVID measures, permission may not be granted).
  • Campbell Island UNESCO World Heritage Site
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64.055 €

World premiere: Complete circumnavigation of Antarctica in 2028 | Le Commandant-Charcot

27/31-day Antarctic expedition from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, to Lyttelton, east coast of New Zealand's South Island, or vice versa.
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Semi-Circumnavigation of Antarctica from New Zealand to Tierra del Fuego | MS Greg Mortimer

33-day expedition from New Zealand via New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands, through the Ross Sea to Tierra del Fuego
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Starting at
28.870 €

Half circumnavigation of Antarctica from Ushuaia to Christchurch | HANSEATIC spirit

33 days/32 nights bilingual Antarctic voyage along the Antarctic Peninsula and through the Ross Sea from South America to New Zealand
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