Antarctica & the Polar Circle - Deep South Discovery Voyage

Visiting the polar regions is a fantastic adventure, but just below the waves waits an extraordinary other world for you to experience and explore.

By Zodiac you will explore the polar world, getting up close to icebergs, glaciers, and iconic wildlife

Explore the last true wilderness of our planet on foot, and absorb the beauty of the polar regions at your own pace

Enjoy birding together with fellow birders and visit remote places with rare bird-species.

A volcanic island in the South Shetlands, north of the Antarctic Peninsula

Home to thousands of gentoo penguins, this island lies just off the Antarctic mainland

Small and almost completely covered in snow, Detaille Island can only be visited on voyages that cross south of the Antarctic Circle

These gallant-fighting, deep-diving namesakes of the French-claimed Antarctic Adélie Land are among the four penguin species on mainland Antarctica

These hygienic divers are the only penguin species whose population is currently increasing along the Antarctic Peninsula

Also known as "great-winged newfoundlanders" for their wing-like flippers, these cetaceans earned their more contemporary name by the way they bow their backs before a dive

Technically a kind of dolphin, orcas were once thought to appear as whales in the summer and wolves in the winter

These "slender-clawed water workers" spend much of their lives submerged, though it's known they are the only member of their family to consume other seals