Great Antarctic Explorers
On first seeing mainland Antarctica from the Ross Sea, Robert Falcon Scott wrote with bookkeeperish precision that “the golden light on this wonderful scene of mountain and ice satisfies every claim of scenic magnificence.”
We board our splendidly outfitted, Finnish- built, helicopter-equipped icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov in New Zealand and begin sailing south (we loop back at voyage’s end to Hobart, Tasmania). After visiting the royal albatrosses of Campbell Island, we cross the Antarctic Convergence and cut through pack ice to Cape Adare, the largest penguin rookery on earth. Sailing past tremendous views of the 12,000-foot Admiralty Range, we enter the Ross Sea for nine days of exploration, encountering Aptenodytes forsteri, the emperor penguin, and visiting the mysterious Dry Valleys, Franklin Island, historic Terra Nova Bay, and the incredible Drygalski Ice Tongue. We make pilgrimages to Scott’s and Shackleton’s huts at Cape Royds and Cape Evans, helicopter onto the Ross Ice Shelf, gaze up at the smoldering Mount Erebus, and visit the American and New Zealand bases at McMurdo Sound, all the time reveling in land-, ice-, and seascapes that pierce to the center of the soul and flood it with light and life.
On first seeing mainland Antarctica from the Ross Sea, Robert Falcon Scott wrote with bookkeeperish precision that “the golden light on this wonderful scene of mountain and ice satisfies every claim of scenic magnificence.”
We board our splendidly outfitted, Finnish- built, helicopter-equipped icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov in New Zealand and begin sailing south (we loop back at voyage’s end to Hobart, Tasmania). After visiting the royal albatrosses of Campbell Island, we cross the Antarctic Convergence and cut through pack ice to Cape Adare, the largest penguin rookery on earth. Sailing past tremendous views of the 12,000-foot Admiralty Range, we enter the Ross Sea for nine days of exploration, encountering Aptenodytes forsteri, the emperor penguin, and visiting the mysterious Dry Valleys, Franklin Island, historic Terra Nova Bay, and the incredible Drygalski Ice Tongue. We make pilgrimages to Scott’s and Shackleton’s huts at Cape Royds and Cape Evans, helicopter onto the Ross Ice Shelf, gaze up at the smoldering Mount Erebus, and visit the American and New Zealand bases at McMurdo Sound, all the time reveling in land-, ice-, and seascapes that pierce to the center of the soul and flood it with light and life.
For additional itinerary details please call 1-800-777-8183
The Ross Sea Expedition: Great Antarctic Explorers
Trip Details
2008 Departures:
25 days
Activity Type:
Expeditionary Voyaging
Trip Price:From $18,500
- December 13 - January 7
25 daysActivity Type:
Expeditionary Voyaging
Trip Price:
From $18,500
- More Antarctica Trips
- More Expeditionary Voyaging Trips
