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Cruises visiting The Weddell Sea exploration (Antarctica)


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Impassable, extreme and captivating: this is the best way to describe the Weddell Sea, much of which is covered by a layer of thick, densely packed ice. It is a challenge and a privilege to sail upon this sea. Polar exploration finds its full meaning here. Heading towards the South is a real quest, with the promise of highly-charged encounters with the continent’s endemic fauna. This is the kingdom of the emperor penguin, the largest penguin in the world, renowned for its elegance. Unlike other penguins that live on the rocks, the emperor nests on the ice floe which it needs for its reproductive cycle. It is therefore on the ice floe that you will be able to observe it walking around with its characteristic gait. In this southern sea, where the ice changes and is transformed constantly, there is never any monotony. The new reliefs and new colours ensure never-ending wonderment. You will sail into the heart of the immaculate ice floe, which is dislocated or densely packed, into an alley of icebergs. Among them are immense blocks of ice, tabular icebergs, that drift and illuminate the ocean with their cerulean blue haloes. Aboard, on shore, on the ice, you will be as close as possible to the colonies of Adelie penguins, Weddell seals, Mink whales, orcas, snow petrels.… With a little luck, you will get a glimpse of a rare Ross seal with its silver pelage or of emperor penguins, waddling along the edge of the ice floe. A sight that is as fascinating as it is emotional.

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Ushuaia - Ushuaia
LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT
Overnight in Santiago + flight Santiago/Ushuaia + transfers + flight Ushuaia/Santiago
12 nights on board
Dates:
30/10/2025 to the 12/11/2025
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Ushuaia - Ushuaia
LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT
Overnight in Santiago + flight Santiago/Ushuaia + transfers + flight Ushuaia/Santiago
12 nights on board
Dates:
11/11/2025 to the 24/11/2025
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Ushuaia - Ushuaia
LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT
Overnight in Santiago + flight Santiago/Ushuaia + transfers + flight Ushuaia/Santiago
12 nights on board
Dates:
23/11/2025 to the 06/12/2025
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Ushuaia - Ushuaia
LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT
Night in Santiago + flight Santiago/Ushuaia + transfers + flight Ushuaia/Santiago
14 nights on board
Dates:
19/12/2025 to the 03/01/2026
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Ushuaia - Buenos Aires
LE LYRIAL
Night in Buenos Aires + Flight Buenos Aires/Ushuaia + Transfer
18 nights on board
Dates:
02/03/2026 to the 21/03/2026
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