SAILING DATES: 46-passenger ship Grigoriy Mikheev (GMK) , 46-passenger ship Aleksey Maryshev (AMR) and 52-passenger ship Professor Molchanov (MOL)
           
AMR 23: Nov 29 - Dec 09, 2007 10 nights / 11 days               
MOL 22: Nov 28 – Dec 08, 2007 10 nights / 11 days
MOL 23: Dec 08 – Dec 18, 2007 10 nights / 11 days
AMR 24: Dec 09 - Dec 19, 2007 10 nights/ 11 days
MOL 24: Dec 18 – Dec 29, 2007 11 nights / 12 days
AMR 25: Dec 19 -  Dec 29, 2007 10 nights/ 11 days
GMK25: Dec 24 – Jan 03, 2008 10 nights / 11 days
MOL 25: Dec 29 – Jan 09, 2008 11 nights / 12 days
GMK 27: Jan 21 - Jan 31, 2008 10 nights / 11 days
MOL 27: Jan 27 – Feb 09, 2008 13 nights / 14 days
MOL28: Feb 09 – Feb 19, 2008 10 nights / 11 days
MOL29: Feb 19 – Feb 29, 2008 09 night / 10 days
GMK 28: Jan 31 - Feb 10, 2008 10 nights/ 11 days
GMK 29: Feb 28 - Mar 10, 2007 10 nights/ 11 days
AMR 31: Mar 10 - Mar 20, 2008 10 nights / 11 days

Day 1: In the afternoon, we embark in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, the southernmost city in the world located in the shadow of the Andes and right at the Beagle Channel shore. We’ll sail through this scenic waterway during the afternoon.

Day 2 - 3: During these two days we sail across the Drake Passage. When we cross the Antarctic Convergence, we arrive in the circum-Antarctic up welling zone. In this area we may see Wandering Albatrosses, Grey Headed Albatrosses, Black- browed Albatrosses, Light- mantled Sooty Albatrosses, Cape Pigeons, Southern Fulmars, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, Blue Petrels and Antarctic Petrels. Near the South Shetland Islands, we glimpse at the first icebergs. If the winds are favourable we might do our first landing in Antarctic waters in the evening of the third day at Aitcho Island or Penguin Island at the South Shetlands. These volcanic islands are windswept and often shrouded in mist and fog, but do offer subtle pleasures. There is a nice variety of flora (mosses, lichens and flowering grasses) and fauna, such as Gentoo penguins, chinstrap penguins and southern giant petrels.

Day 4- 8: (Day 4 – 9 on voyages MOL24 and MOL25, day 4 – 7 on voyage MOL30) A typical itinerary in the South Shetlands and Antarctic Peninsula could be as follows. This is a sample only, the final itinerary will be determined by the Expedition Leader on board.
We may start our first day in Antarctica with a landing at either Half Moon Island or Hannah Point, where we will find a nice variety of Gentoo penguins, Chinstraps and southern giant petrels, as well as Elephant seals hauling out on the beach. Later we will try to land at Baily Head on the outer rim of Deception Island with a colony of ten thousands of Chinstrap Penguins, and we will attempt to make the exciting hike to Whalers Bay. Deception Island is a huge volcano of which the crater opens into the sea, creating a natural harbour for the ship. Here we find hot springs, an abandoned whaling station, thousands of Cape Pigeons and many Dominican Gulls, Brown and South Polar Skuas and Antarctic Terns. Wilson’s Storm Petrels and Black- bellied Storm Petrels nest in the ruins of the whaling station in Whalers Bay.
On our way further South we will sail to Cuverville Island, a small precipitous island, nestled between the mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula and Danco Island. It contains a large colony of Gentoo Penguins and breeding pairs of Brown Skuas. In Neko Harbour we will have the opportunity to set foot on the Antarctic Continent in a magnificent landscape of huge glaciers. When sailing to Paradise Bay, with its myriad icebergs and deep cut fjords, we will have the opportunity for zodiac cruising between the icebergs in the inner parts of the fjords. In this area we have good chances to see Humpback Whales and Minke Whales

We sail through the spectacular Lemaire Channel to Pleneau and  Petermann Island where we can find Adelie Penguins and Blue- eyed Shags.  In this area there are good chances to encounter Humpback Whales, Minke Whales and Fin Whales. A visit to one of the scientific stations in Antarctica will give you an insight about the life of modern Antarcticans working on the White Continent.
Sailing north through Neumayer Channel we arrive at the Melchior Islands with a very beautiful landscape and again possibilities for zodiac cruising among the icebergs, where we may encounter Leopard Seals, Crabeater Seals and whales.

Voyage MOL27 (13 nights cruise) offers three additional days in the Antarctic Peninsula compared with our standard 10 nights cruises and two additional days compared with our 11 nights departures.

Day 9 - 10 (Day 10 - 11 on voyages MOL24 and MOL25, day 8 – 9 on MOL30): In the Drake Passage we have again a chance of seeing many seabirds and to take advantage of the knowledge of our lecture team.

Day 11 (Day 12 on voyages MOL24 and MOL25, day 10 on MOL30): We arrive in the morning in Ushuaia and disembark.

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Antarctica Landing (photo credit: Oceanwide Expeditions)
Jumping humpback (photo credit: Nicolas Dubreuil & GNGL)

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Rates include:
- Voyage aboard the indicated vessel as indicated in the itinerary
- All meals throughout the voyage aboard the ship including snacks, coffee and tea
- All shore excursions and activities throughout the voyage by Zodiac
- Program of lectures by noted naturalists and leadership by experienced expedition staff
- All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program
- Comprehensive pre-departure material

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