If the weather conditions allow, Oceanwide Expeditions will attempt a helicopter landing on the glaciated northern part of the island. It is very rarely visited by passenger vessels and is considered one of the toughest places to visit in the world. It is claimed by Norway and considered a territory on its own. It is an uninhabited volcanic island in the Bellingshausen Sea. I reached the South Pole on December 19, 2014-just 103 years late!Īnother major highlight of this journey is Peter I Island. In the Bay of Whales at the eastern side of the shelf, close to Roosevelt Island, Roald Amundsen gained access to the Shelf and ventured to the South Pole, where he finally arrived on 14 December 1911. One of the biggest highlights of the trip is sailing along the Ross Ice Shelf, a floating mass of land-ice, with a front 30 meters high. The conditions here are said to be the closest you get to the conditions on Mars anywhere on Earth. They will also helicopter into Taylor Valley. They have the option to use the helicopters to offer landings in one or more places if ice conditions don’t allow water landings. Oceanwide Expeditions will also make attempts to visit McMurdo Station and Scott Base. Plus they intend to visit Cape Evans with the cabin of Robert Falcon Scott from Hut Point, Scott and his men set out for the South Pole. Oceanwide Expeditions intends to visit Ross Island, guarded by Mount Erebus, Mount Terror and Mount Byrd with all the famous spots in the dramatic British expeditions of the last century such as Cape Royds with the cabin of Ernest Shackleton. I have never been but the fauna on Campbell Island is said to be fantastic with a large and easily accessible colony of Southern Royal Albatrosses on the main island and other types on the satellite islands along with penguins and seals. Highlights of the trip include stops at the sub-Antarctic New Zealand Reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage Site of Campbell Island. They each go to and from Ushuaia in Argentina and Bluff in New Zealand and they honestly look spectacular. There are 2 Ross Sea expeditions on offer in early 2017: from January 13-February 14 and from February 15-March 17. This is the spectacular Ross Sea expedition. After looking through the Oceanwide Expeditions offerings, one trip in particular caught my eye and I wanted to highlight it. ![]() While I’ve been to Antarctica a few times, I’ve never taken an expedition cruise to or around it. I look forward to going back in 2017 myself and I am proud and excited to announce a new partnership with Oceanwide Expeditions one of the leading Antarctic expedition companies of the world. To venture to a place where few go and to see the natural beauty, amazing wildlife and meet the like-minded people that travel to the ends of the Earth is something really special. These are the expedition style, polar region trips that really become a part of you and stick with you.Īntarctica in particular gives me a visceral reaction when I think about it. However, there are a few trips that I think about everyday. ![]() For me, travel is a great hobby that almost always brings a smile to my face when I think about things that I’ve seen and done. It’s nice to have those memories come back from time to time. ![]() There are 11 Zodiacs on board, maximising time spent on shore and wildlife opportunities.The best thing about traveling and experiencing the world is that things you see and do on a regular basis remind you of people and places you’ve been. On board there are also two restaurants, a bar/lecture room and a sauna. Alongside the expedition team that is made up of an expedition leader plus 5 guides/lecturers, the ship is manned by 34 extremely experienced Russian nautical crew, 15 international catering staff and a doctor. The ship has plenty of open-deck spaces as well as a large bridge accessible to passengers. Cabins range from quadruple and triple cabins with portholes and both upper and lower berths, to twin porthole, window and deluxe cabins with lower berths only up to superior cabins which feature a double bed. ![]() The comfortable M/V Ortelius accommodates up to 116 passengers. Adept at navigating through solid one year sea-ice and loose multi-pack ice, this ship is ideally suited to reaching more remote locations such as the Ross Sea. It is named after the Flemish cartographer and geographer, Abraham Ortelius, who also created the first modern atlas. With its origins in Poland, the M/V Ortelius now plies the waters of the Antarctic and Arctic as an ice-strengthened Polar expedition vessel.
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