Itinerary

• Day 1-2

  Ushuaia

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  Arrive in Ushuaia and explore the ski town and perhaps hike through the Parque Nacional Tierra del Fuego.
  
  Hike up the Marshall Glacier or do some last minute shopping before boarding the MS Expedition in the afternoon and watching the sunset over the Beagle Channel.
  

• Day 3-4

  Drake Passage

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  Cross the Antarctic Convergence with the company of wandering, black-browed and light mantled Sooty albatross, prions and cap petrels, and learn about the extraordinary human and natural history of the Antarctic region while cruising through the southern waters.

• Day 5-10

  Antarctca Peninsula & South Shetland Islands

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  Step foot on the Great White Continent! Navigate southwards making stops in the South Shetland Islands then through the Bransfield Strait and to the Antarctic Peninsula. Watch as penguins gather with their fast-growing chicks, whales breach the waters in great numbers, seals haul out onto ice floes and beaches, and numerous seabirds trail in your wake.
  
  Enjoy the sheer beauty and breathtaking scenery of ice-choked waterways, blue and white icebergs, impressive glaciers and rugged, snow-capped mountains.
  
  Learn about some of the most important and dramatic expeditions to this remote corner of the world, and feel the same sense of excitement as those early explorers while looking out from the bridge or the deck of the ship.
  

• Day 11-12

  Drake Passage

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  Leave Antarctica and head north across the Drake Passage. In between bird watching, whale watching and enjoying some final lectures by the expedition team, relax and review he adventures of the past week before returning to Ushuaia.

• Day 13

  Ushuaia

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  Say goodbye to the team and new found friends before disembarking the ship in the morning.