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Ten Days to Antarctica Aboard the Greg Mortimer
7–19 December 2024 · Antarctica
Greg Mortimer · Aurora Expeditions
In December 2024 we sailed Aurora Expeditions' Greg Mortimer round trip from Ushuaia to the Antarctic Peninsula. We Zodiac cruised the Melchior Islands and Paradise Harbour, landed at Port Lockroy and among nesting gentoos on Danco Island, watched whales in the bay all day, walked Deception Island, and sent five whale-tail photos to a citizen science project. Three were identified.
Antarctica Aboard the World Navigator: Our Journey to the White Continent
24 February–6 March 2024 · Antarctica
World Navigator · Atlas Ocean Voyages
Eleven days from Buenos Aires to the Antarctic Peninsula aboard Atlas Ocean Voyages' World Navigator. Humpbacks spyhopping around the Zodiacs in Fournier Bay, leopard seals hunting chinstraps at Duroch Island, and a night camping ashore at Eckener Point — nine hours, twenty-five minutes and forty-seven seconds off the ship, listening to glaciers crack.
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Chris Commisso · Expedition Expert
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Chris and Erika have sailed ten expedition voyages and toured seven more expedition ships. Favorite explorations so far: Antarctica, Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Alaska, the Galápagos, the Scottish Hebrides, Churchill and French Polynesia.
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