Pricing
Departures: 19 Dec, 29 Dec 2009; 8 Jan, 18 Jan, 28 Jan 2010.
Prices:
Per person sharing cabin from $8,995
SPECIAL OFFERS FOR 2009 & EARLY 2010: On select
departures,
receive $2,500 discount per couple or $1,250 per person; special
round-trip airfare between Miami and Buenos Aires on LAN; specially
priced $2,280 per person air upgrades
on that same flight; a complimentary
extra hotel night in Buenos Aires; and reduced rates for travelers age
12-30.
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.
Antarctica. Earth from the Bottom Up.
Aboard the Corinthian II. 14 Days.
Be warned: A trip to Antarctica could change your life.
Imagine finding yourself surrounded by... open space. Remember the concept of space—where other people keep clear of that imaginary 360 degrees surrounding you?
Antarctica astounds with its vast deserts wrapped in ice, its open skies alive with swooping seabirds, its pure snow, and its waters filled with whales, seals, sea lions, penguins—all living and breeding in this rare and beautiful Pleistocene time warp.
R. Crusoe offers two journeys to the bottom of the earth aboard two ships ideally suited for exploring Antarctica (you wouldn't want to visit on anything but). Our ships? The all-suite 100-guests Clelia II and the all-suite 114-guest Corinthian II. A fleet of Zodiacs on all of the ships allows us to land in shallow water and navigate small waterways. Naturalists accompany us on the ships and in the Zodiacs to keep us informed on all we’re seeing.
Our shorter journeys visit the Antarctic Peninsula. Longer cruises include additional stops in South Georgia Island (home of the king penguin), the Falklands, and other intriguing destinations.
From Ushuaia (Argentina), the very tip of civilization, continue down to Antarctica for a comprehensive exploration of the peninsula and archipelagos of the Scotia Sea. Glaciers calf new icebergs. Fin whales frolic in our wake. Rookeries of penguins invite us over for a little socializing. Research stations along the way open their doors to us, and scientists living here share their experiences. The extraordinary silence is deafening, the space liberating. See for yourself.
Read here about our 14-day Antarctica. Earth from the Bottom Up. Aboard the Corinthian II: Gather in Buenos Aires, Argentina (where you should consider spending a bit more time before we depart for Antarctica). From there, fly down to Ushuaia, a Patagonian city on the Beagle Channel surrounded by the Darwin Cordillera and forests of southern beech. The town has a frontier feel—and no wonder. Then cruise to the Antarctic Peninsula, where we make a series of landings on islands, anchor in bays, even take a dip in the geothermally heated waters of Pendulum Cove (something to brag to your grandkids about). Disembark in Ushuaia, then fly to Buenos Aires and home.
For a look at the same itinerary on the Clelia II as well as our longer Antarctic journey, go to:
R. Crusoe & Son also offers two very special Antarctic journeys in 2009 in the company of modern-day explorer Peter Hillary, son of Sir Edmund. For information on these cruises, please go to:
To request a detailed itinerary for this journey (and others), click here.