Cruising Antarctica :: Weddell Sea

Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2009

This tiny island in the Weddell Sea plays a role in one of seafaring history's most legendary exploits. When the brave crew of the Endurance, led by intrepid explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, was trapped in the ice during a 1914 polar expedition, they took refuge on this island until help arrived.

Antarctica Cruises

Posted on Sunday, August 09, 2009

Antarctica is an ideal destination for the most adventurous and curious traveller. Those who venture there follow in the past of the great explorers of the past, and the experience that awaits remains undiminished today.

The continent abounds with exotic wildlife, much of it found nowhere else on earth. Birds, including large penguin rookeries, rub shoulders with seal colonies, while orcas and whales can sometimes be seen plying the ivy waters offshore.  Famous for it's enormous icebergs, towering glaciers and shimmering austral summer light, Antarctica bestows on the travellers some of the most awe inspiring and dramatic landscapes the planet has to offer.  Depending on your chosen itinerary, you visit a combination of the Antarctic Peninsula and South Shetland Islands, known for their wealth of penguin, seal and whale species.  South Georgia Island, made famous by the explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, and a breeding ground for enormous albatross and king penguin, and the Falkland Islands with their pictureqsue scenery, quaint capital and prolific birdlife and mammals.