The Antarctic Peninsula is the Andes carrying on underwater and coming back up at the bottom of the world. Its mountain spine rises straight out of the sea, with snow-covered peaks more than 2,000 metres high above glaciers that crack and calve into the channels below. You sail past table-like icebergs the size of city blocks and push through ice in the Lemaire Channel, where the cliffs close in on either side. Ashore at Neko Harbour or Cuverville Island, gentoo penguins come and go along their well-worn paths through the snow. On other landings you’ll find Adélies and chinstraps, and from February humpback whales feed in the bays. Getting there means two days across the Drake Passage from Ushuaia, or a flight from Punta Arenas if you’d rather skip the swell. Either way, we’ll help you choose the ship and route that suit you, as the season only runs from November to March.
