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    3. Weddell Sea - Emperor Penguin Voyage

    Weddell Sea - Emperor Penguin Voyage

    11 Days / 10 Nights - per person in double room - Code OWE002

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    • Weddell Sea - Emperor Penguin Voyage
    • Weddell Sea - Emperor Penguin Voyage
    • Weddell Sea - Emperor Penguin Voyage
    • Weddell Sea - Emperor Penguin Voyage
    • Weddell Sea - Emperor Penguin Voyage
    • Weddell Sea - Emperor Penguin Voyage
    Weddell Sea - Emperor Penguin Voyage
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    Your unique chance to be part of a true expedition voyage! The Emperor Penguin rookery (ca. 4,000 breeding pairs) is situated south of Snow Hill Island. Although we will probably not be able to reach that far south through the ice, the idea is mainly to situate ourselves in or between the Antarctic Sound and James Ross Island, close to the ice-edge and observe the emperor penguins on their way to the open water. We will use our helicopters in our attempts to search for individual emperor penguins, to make scenic flights and to make helicopter landings in places otherwise inaccessible so early in the season.
     

    Day 1: Ushuaia

    In the afternoon, we embark in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world located at the Beagle Channel and sail through this scenic waterway for the rest of the evening.

    Day 2 & 3: At sea

    During these two days we will sail across the Drake Passage. When we cross the Antarctic Convergence, we arrive in the circum-Antarctic up welling zone. In this area we may meet Wandering Albatrosses, Grey-headed Albatrosses, Black-browed Albatrosses, Light-mantled Albatrosses, Cape Petrels, Southern Fulmars, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Blue Petrels and Antarctic Petrels.

    Day 4 - 7: The Weddell Sea 

    We will sail into the Weddell Sea and if the Antarctic Sound is accessible and the ice does not prevent us to sail further, we might see the huge tabular icebergs that announce our arrival to the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula.

    During these days we use the ship and the helicopters in our attempts to find individual Emperor Penguins. During our previous voyages we have had a high success rate in locating emperors. We will also offer scenic flights and – if the conditions allow us – possible helicopter landings on tabular ice-bergs and locations otherwise inaccessible so early in the season. 

    Possible landing sites is for example Brown Bluff, probably the most scenic spot in the entire northern tip of the Antarctic Continent. With steep canyon walls and tumbled boulders, an ice-cap looming above, beautiful volcanic creations and the scene is complete with thousands of Adélie penguins nesting on the slopes. A few Gentoo’s is mixed in for fun.

    Helicopter flights are a great contribution to the voyage, for example on the west side of the Antarctic Sound, an area usually only rarely seen from the air. The scenery is stunning with landscapes of layered sandstones, lava flows, glaciers tumbling into the sea and ice-bergs and pack-ice as far as the eye can see. We can observe individual Emperor Penguins and Adélie Penguins on the ice floes; Cape-, Snow, and Giant Petrels fly high in the sky while Kelp Gulls, skuas and Wilson’s Storm Petrels scavenge down below us. The landscape is dominated by Jagged mountains pierced through the ice-caps and walls of ice dropped onto the slopes below.

    A beautiful helicopter flight over huge icebergs and fast ice can also be made close to View Point in Duse Bay. We land on a rocky hillock close to an old refuge hut overlooking the bay. There will be still a lot of snow and ice but much of the intended walk on the Antarctic continent will be over a beautiful frost-shattered rock, almost entirely covered with the most fascinating lichen of all shapes and colors.

    If the ice-situation allows us to go further into the Weddell Sea area, we will visit Devil Island and Vega Island with a large colony of Adélie Penguins and a magnificent view for those hikers who can make it to the top of the hill. Melting ice sometimes provides spectacular waterfall from the cliffs close to point ‘Well-Met’. Further south, we may also visit Seymour Island, where many fossils can be found.

    On our way north through the Antarctic Sound we might pay a visit to the Argentinean station Esperanza on the Antarctic Continent. We will still look out for Emperor Penguins on the ice-floes. In the afternoon we may visit Gourdin Island, with three penguin species; Chinstrap, Gentoo and Adélie.

    Day 8: Deception Island - Pendulum Cove

    In the morning we will sail to Deception Island where we have the last landing of our voyage at Pendulum Cove or Whalers Bay. From there we depart into the Drake Passage around noon.

    Day 9 & 10: At sea

    In the Drake Passage we have again a chance of seeing many seabirds and to take advantage of the knowledge of our lecture team.

    Day 11: Ushuaia

    We arrive in the morning in Ushuaia and disembark.

    Includes

    • Accommodation in chosen cabin.
    • Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, coffee, tea.
    • On board lectures and exhibits.
    • Information of the region.
    • Transfer to Ushuaia airport after the trip.
    • Expedition by zodiac boats, excursions.
    • Transfers to the coast by helicopter (not guaranteed minimum flight time)- Taxes and port taxes .

    Not included

    • Flights to boarding ports.
    • Fuel surcharge.
    • Passports or visas.
    • Taxes or boarding taxes at airport
    • Transfers not specified in the program.
    • Phone calls
    • Use of the internet.
    • Meals or beverages not included in the menu or/ and outside the shi
    • Fines or Flight Cancellation Assistance
    • Travel or Health Insurance
    • Medical attention in medical center
    • Tips Rates, laundry, bar

    Important

    • We highly recommend scheduling your arrival in Ushuaia with at least one day in advance in order to avoid any flight delays.
    • The itinerary is referential only. Excursions may change due to climate conditions.
    • 2019 Departure: November 14
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