Pricing
Departures: 21 Nov 2009.
Prices:
Per person sharing room from $15,995
SPECIAL OFFER: Book this 23-day Antarctica journey and enjoy complimentary round-trip economy airfare between Miami and Buenos Aires, Argentina, on LAN Argentina Airlines; specially
priced $2,500 per person air upgrades
on those same flights; and complimentary round-trip private transfers between your home and your home-city airport (50-mile limit, please).
For more information, to book, or to speak to an R. Crusoe & Son tour specialist, please call us at 800-585-8555.
Local Flavor
Did you know that Antarctica is the earth’s driest desert? Or that the cleanest air on the planet is found here? Or that Antarctica holds 70 percent of the planet’s fresh water and 91 percent of its ice? So much to learn. Join us for a life-changing exploration of the bottom of the Earth aboard one of our three favorite ships.
South Georgia & Antarctica. With Peter Hillary in the Footsteps of Ernest Shackleton.
Aboard the Clelia II. 23 Days.
Ever wonder what is would be like to journey to a far-off destination in the company of a true-blue, modern-day explorer?
You needn’t look any further.
In late 2009, R. Crusoe & Son and our travel partner, Travel Dynamics, offer two opportunities to do just that: South Georgia & Antarctica. With Peter Hillary in the Footsteps of Ernest Shackleton. 23 Days, and our Falklands, South Georgia, & Antarctica with Peter Hillary. 21 Days. For the 23-day journey, read on; for details about the 21-day cruise, see our Falklands, South Georgia, & Antarctica with Peter Hillary.
Come join Peter Hillary on an expedition to Antarctica. Hillary is a world renowned explorer, author, and speaker with 30 alpine expeditions to his name. Like his father, Sir Edmund Hillary, he has reached the summit of Mount Everest. He’s also traversed Antarctica to the South Pole. During our travels to Antarctica, he serves as our special expedition leader.
We cruise from South America’s southernmost point, Ushuaia, Argentina, into the clear, icy waters of Antarctica and environs. Our ship? Travel Dynamics’s Clelia II. This small, 100-guest ship is being refurbished in early 2009. Her ice-strengthened hull, modern navigational and communications technology, retractable fin stabilizers, and fleet of Zodiacs make her the perfect vessel on which to poke around Antarctica.
Gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina, a wonderful and lively city (let us know if you want more time there before we head down to Antarctica). Then fly to Ushuaia, enter the Beagle Channel, and cruise to the South Georgia Islands. The Scotia Sea brings us to the South Orkney Islands, next. Finally, cruise the Antarctic Peninsula and its gorgeous, protected channels and bays. Then cross the Drake Passage, disembark in Ushuaia, and fly home.
We offer something else quite extraordinary on this cruise. Led by Peter Hillary and renowned fellow mountaineer Dave Hahn, if you are qualified, you may opt for our overland crossing of South Georgia, which follows in the footsteps of Sir Ernest Shackleton. This option is planned for a limited number of experienced climbers who pre-qualify for the crossing. It is offered at an additional cost to the cruise rates. While the overland crossing is underway, cruise travelers enjoy numerous landings on South Georgia to take in its remarkable beauty and abundant wildlife, including vast colonies of King penguins, four species of albatross, and countless southern fur seals and elephant seals.
R. Crusoe & Son offers three other Antarctic journeys in 2009-early 2011. For a look at these, go to:
To request a detailed itinerary for this journey (and others), click here.