

Suite living, doting white-gloved butlers, complimentary caviar: what more could a luxury-loving Antarctic-bound adventurer crave? Silversea offers a staggering 57 polar sails of varying lengths and itineraries on three different ships this upcoming season, but the Antarctica Bridge sails beckons travelers dreading the potentially rough seas of two-day Drake Passage crossings. This 20-day expedition sails between Puerto Montt, Chile, and Ushuaia, Argentina departs Novemprices begin at $29,760 per person. Ponant is also bringing several activities new to its Antarctica experience, including hot air balloon rides, hovercraft touring, and polar diving. These rarely sighted birds can reach nearly four feet in height and weigh up to 88 pounds. Here, behold thousands of emperor penguins. This extraordinary voyage, on Ponant’s new 270-passenger, hybrid electric-and-natural-gas-powered icebreaker Le Commandant-Charcot, ventures deep into the Antarctic Circle to Bellingshausen Sea. Most expeditions ships cruise the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, the continent’s northernmost part. Our favorite Antarctic itineraries to book Ponant: The Emperor Penguins of Bellingshausen Sea Several new purpose-built, ice-class vessels will debut that are more environmentally sensitive, may provide smoother sails in rough seas, and offer an exciting array of novel exploration possibilities, like polar diving. This Antarctic season promises so much that's new.
