The Antarctica and Chilean Fjord cruise program features expedition guides, lectures, and polar circle boats landings.

DAY 1 - Depart the U.S. (or your home country)
Depart from the U.S. on your overnight flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina (we offer air credit if you arrange your own flights)

Day 2: Arrival in Buenos Aires
Transfer from the airport to your hotel. Along the way, you'll be given an orientation tour of the city. Rest of the day free to explore. Optional excursions.

Day 3: Buenos Aires-Ushuaia/Embarkation
After breakfast, transfer to airport for flight to Ushuaia; transfer to the MS Nordnorge. Orientation talk onboard. [B/D]

Day 4: Drake Passage
While crossing Drake Passage, you'll enjoy lectures about the region. [B/L/D]

Day 5-10: Antarctica
Antarctica, "The White Continent", is more than half the size of North America. On the Antarctic Peninsula you'll experience the narrow, glacier-lined Lemaire Channel, considered one of most beautiful passages in Antarctica-where humpback and killer whales, various penguins, and elephant seals are a common sight-and the breathtaking Neumayer Channel, with its majestic cliffs. Visits by PolarCirkel boats will be attempted in various locations (weather permitting), including:
- Whaler's Bay, on Deception Island, with its warm springs and black volcanic sand.
- Half Moon Island, with spectacular views of the surrounding mountains, famous for its large chinstrap penguin rookery, kelp gulls and Antarctic terns. Whale spotting is also common here.
- Yankee Harbor, home to a variety of seals and an estimated 4,000 gentoo penguin pairs. It is a common feeding area for whales as well.
- Cuverville Island, boasting the largest known colony of gentoo penguins in the Antarctic Peninsula.
- Neko Harbor, off spectacular Errera Channel, home to hundreds of gentoo penguins,Weddell and elephant seals, is believed to be part of mainland Antarctica.
- Almirante Brown, in Paradise Harbor, named for its beauty, with ice cliffs and floating icebergs, home to gentoo and chinstrap penguins.
- Petermann Island, home of the southernmost gentoo penguin colony, blue-eyed shags and Adélie penguins nest here too.
- Port Lockroy, surrounded by mountains, glaciers and ice shelves, and known for its gentoo penguins and blue-eyed cormorants.
- Wilhelmina Bay, feeding ground for whales and seals.
- Antarctic Sound, where huge mile-long tabular icebergs can be seen. The sound is also home to an estimated half million Adélie penguins as well as gentoo penguins, leopard seals and killer whales.
- Brown Bluff, on the coast of the Antarctic Sound at the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. Adélie penguins, gentoo penguins, kelp gulls and Cape petrels can be found here and Weddell seals are regular visitors.

Day 10-11: The Drake Passage
On your return through the Drake Passage, you'll hear more lectures about Antarctica, its ecosystem and its history of exploration. [B/L/D]

Day 12: Cape Horn-Puerto Williams
If weather permits, the captain will land at Cape Horn, so you may explore this bleak, yet captivating place at the very end of the world. In the late afternoon, the ship will call at Puerto Williams, located on tiny Isla Navarino. [B/L/D]

Day 13: Beagle Channel
Among the many exciting vistas you'll see today is that of the Southern Andes plunging into the icy sea, bounding an interior so wild and remote it seems primeval. You'll cruise up the Andes' rarely traveled fjords, passing magnificent mountains and glaciers. [B/L/D]

Days 14-15: Strait Of Magellan-Puerto Natales
Depending on the tides, your ship will sail through the Kirke Narrows or the White Narrows to reach Puerto Natales in the morning, the provincial capital of Ultima Esperanza. It's the gateway to Torres del Paine National Park, an area of incomparable natural beauty, which you have the opportunity to explore on the optional excursion. [B/L/D]

Day 16: Straits of Magellan
Your senses will be on overload as you pass magnificent glaciers, snowcapped mountains, and azure fjords. Your ship will sail into Admiralty Sound, frequented by cormorants, southern dolphins and sea lions. You pass Tuckers Islands, an island group known for its colony of Magellan penguins, which you will have the opportunity to study. [B/L/D]

Day 17: Punta Arenas/Disembarkation/Santiago
Morning arrival at Punta Arenas, capital of the Magallanes region, where you will disembark. Enjoy a short guided tour of the city before having some free time. Transfer to the airport for your flight to Santiago, where you will spend the night. [B]

Day 18: Santiago/Return to U.S. (or your home country)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your flight home.

Day 19: Arrive home

Meal codes: [B] Breakfast [L] Lunch [D] Dinner

MS Nordnorge, built 1997, 464 berths, 11386 tons, 123 x 20 meters (photo courtesy: Norwegian Coastal Voyage).
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ANTARCTICA PROGRAMS MS NORDNORGE 2008-2009:  NOV 19-DEC 7; DEC 17-JAN 4; JAN 14-FEB 1

Rates from USD 5499 per person

RATES INCLUDE:
- Airfare from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia
- Airfare from Punta Arenas to Santiago
- Transfers as indicated in itinerary
- All landings in Antarctica
- Services of expedition guides
- Parka
- Accommodations in five-star hotels as indicated in itinerary, including breakfast
- Accommodations in select cabin category
- Meals as indicated in itinerary
- Port charges

NOT INCLUDED:
- Local entry/departure fees, when applicable
- Optional Excursions
- Gratuities
- Air taxes
- Fuel surcharges of $14 a day

Roundtrip economy class airfare from New York is an additional USD 848 per person plus fuel/air taxes.

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