Classic Antarctica (Silver Explorer)
Classic Antarctica (Silver Explorer)
Description
Awesome, Amazing, Life-Changing
Experience Antarctica with an expedition cruise and discover a frosted wilderness of glistening white as far as the eye can see. Natural ice sculptures like enormous works of avant-garde art. This is the modern explorer’s final frontier. A place unlike anywhere else on earth where unique nature and wildlife species exist and in fact thrive despite the harsh climate. An Antarctic cruise will bring you through the wonders of the surreal landscape.Marvel at calving glaciers and experience up-close encounters with marine mammals. During your Antarctica cruise, you will observe seals sunbathing on slow-moving ice floes, perfectly at ease in the company of visitors. Hear the cries of penguins multiplied by the thousands. Feel the unspeakable magnificence of a whale surfacing from beneath the frigid waters. These astounding animal encounters are opportunities found nowhere else on earth, and yours to experience with us and an Antarctic cruise aboard Silver Explorer. Witness iceberg sculptures like enormous works of avant-garde art. Visit historic whaling sites. Encounter penguins, seals and possibly even whales in their natural habitat.
Highlights
• Marvel at spectacular iceberg sculptures and calving glaciers
• Set foot on the continent of Antarctica
• Encounter gentoo, chinstrap and Adelie penguins
• Spot seals – elephant, Antarctic fur, Weddell, leopard and crabeater
• Watch for whales – humpback, Minke, orca, pilot, and beaked
• Identify seabirds – snowy sheathbill, Antarctic cormorant, kelp gull, Antarctic tern, cape petrels, wandering albatrosses, southern fulmars, blue eyed shags, southern giant petrels, skuas, black-browed albatrosses, Wilson’s storm-petrels, sooty shearwaters
Ship: Silver Explorer
Vessel Type: Luxury Expedition
Length: 108 metres
Passenger Capacity: 144
Built / refurbished: 1989 / 2008 / 2018
Silversea’s purpose-built luxury Silver Explorer expedition cruise ship has been designed specifically for navigating waters in some of the world’s most remote destinations, including both of earth’s polar regions. A strengthened hull with a Lloyd’s Register ice-class notation (1A) for passenger vessels enables the Silver Explorer Expedition Cruise Ship to safely push through ice floes with ease. A fleet of 12 Zodiac boats allows Silversea Expedition guests to visit even the most off-the-beaten path locations and an expert Expedition Team provides insight and understanding to each unforgettable Silver Explorer luxury cruise adventure.
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Departures
Depart: 1st January, 1970 - Return: 1st January, 1970
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