Antarctica, South Georgia and The Falklands Aboard Clelia II

February 5 - 25, 2010

Whale Watching

Whale Watching

Penguins and the Corinthian II

Gentoo Penguins

Antarctica Travelers

Gentoo Penguin

Floating Icebergs

Southern Elephant Seal

View from the Corinthian II

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Far to the south lie perhaps the most spectacular, most pristine lands on the planet. Mountains of ice glittering in the sunlight. Magnificent fjords that surpass by far anything found anywhere else in the world. Immense paleblue glaciers. And along the rocky shoreline, millions of penguins, seals, albatross, and other seabirds. To travel to Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands is almost like stepping back in time, to the era when the world was new. We invite you to join us aboard Clelia II on this grand adventure and experience for yourself the unspoiled splendor of Antarctica, South Georgia, and the Falkland Islands.

The Falkland Islands are a thriving wildlife habitat with touches of English charm. Along the coast you'll see large colonies of seabirds and penguin rookeries, and offshore it's not unusual to encounter whales. And scattered across the islands are small English towns and villages set amid broad green meadows where flocks of sheep graze.

Famed for its vast colonies of King Penguins and other wildlife as well as its striking scenery, South Georgia is unquestionably one of the world's most extraordinary places and one of its greatest wildlife habitats. A whaling station from the late 1700s until the mid-1900s, it is also the final resting place of Sir Ernest Shackleton.

Antarctica is a land of superlatives. For four unforgettable days our fleet of Zodiacs will transport you from the ship to pristine inlets, bays, and coastlines teeming with wildlife. You'll trek across the snowfields for incredible vistas of glaciers and ice cliffs and serrated mountain peaks, some of which soar 10,000 feet. Along the rocky shore you'll find countless penguins, Weddell and Ross seals, as well as fur and elephant seals. And offshore you may see orcas, baleen whales, perhaps even a blue whale.

Study Leader Information

Susan Adie has been exploring and guiding in the Earth’s remote corners for the past 30 years; Oswald Schmitz is the Oastler Professor of Population and Community Ecology at the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies

Tour Itinerary

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