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Circle Cruise Expedition aboard Ocean Nova

Arctic and Antarctica : Antarctica

Tour name: Crossing the Circle Cruise Expedition - Ocean Nova

This 16-day expedition is for people who enjoy active adventures and hanker to travel south of the Antarctic Circle.

Duration: 16 Days      Grading: EASY      Type: SMALL GROUP      Prices from: £8119

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Tour Summary:

Tour name: Crossing the Circle Cruise Expedition - Ocean Nova

Prices from: £8119

Duration: 16 Days

Kind points from: 608

N&K Reference: NKT0002556
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Type: SMALL GROUP

Grading: EASY

Suitable for: OVER 50s, FAMILIES, SMALL GROUPS, SOLO TRAVELLERS, ONCE IN A LIFETIME

Experiences: WILDLIFE, ONCE IN A LIFETIME

Environments: POLAR

Activities: Nature Attractions, CRUISE - Wildlife Cruises, Polar, Once in a Lifetime

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Tour Overview

This 16-day expedition is for people who enjoy active adventures and hanker to travel south of the Antarctic Circle. It offers an average of three activites off the ship per day while in the Antarctic Peninsula. There is a shipboard education program. Optional adventures - camping and kayaking - are available on selected departures.

About the Ship:

This ship delivers clean, crisp Scandinavian styling and a reputation as an excellent ship in the Antarctic. Built to sail the ice-choked waters of Greenland, Ocean Nova's ice-strengthened hull has enabled the ship to park in the ice of the Weddell Sea!

•37 outside cabins, all featuring private facilities.
•Spacious dining room with unreserved seating: buffet-style breakfast with table service; table-service lunch and dinner with main course choices from a changing daily menu; cakes served in mid-afternoon.
•Glass-enclosed observation lounge and presentation room.
•Lounge and bar, open late morning, afternoon and evening with a wide selection of wines and spirits; coffee, tea available all day.
•Library with collection of polar-themed books.
•Ship-to-shore communications via satellite.
•Clinic with licensed doctor.
•Exercise room.
•Dedicated single cabins.
•Please note: there is no passenger elevator between decks.

Location

Continent or Region: Arctic and Antarctica

Country or State/County: Antarctica


Embark from Ushuaia, Argentina for this unbelievable 17 day experience.
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Tour Highlights

Itinerary

Day 1

Fly to Ushuaia, Argentina


Day 2

Stay in Ushuaia hotel for one night.


Day 3

Embark from Ushuaia, Argentina.

Highlights: Glacier Martial, Museums, Terra del Fuego National Park

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Day 4 - 5

Spend 2 days cruising through the Drake Passage.

Highlights: Petrels, Albatrosses

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Day 6

Arrive at South Shetland Islands, Antarctica.

Highlights: Deception, Elephant, King George, Half Moon, Greenwich, Livingstone islands

Arrive at Deception Island, South Shetland Islands.

Highlights: Volcanic caldera waters, Whaler’s Bay , Pendulum Cove

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Day 7 - 9

Explore the Antarctic Peninsula.

Highlights: Petermann Island, Neumayer Channel, Paradise Harbour, Lemaire Channel


Day 10

Arrive at Stonington Island, Antarctica.

Highlights: Historic Site and Monument


Day 11

Arrive at Adelaide Island, Antarctica.

Highlights: Rothera Station


Day 12 - 13

Explore the Antarctic Peninsula.

Highlights: Petermann Island, Neumayer Channel, Paradise Harbour, Lemaire Channel


Day 14 - 15

Spend 2 days cruising through the Drake Passage.

Highlights: Petrels, Albatrosses


Day 16

Disembark at Ushuaia, Argentina.

Highlights: Glacier Martial, Museums, Terra del Fuego National Park

Return flight home

From To Description Num Days Price Booking
07-Feb-2010 31-Dec-2012 Cost from GBP 8119 cruise only per person in lowest grade twin cabin


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16 £8119.00

Kind Points:1826
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Our Trusted Partner's Responsible and Sustainable Travel Policy

All the cruise operators we represent must be members of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators. IAATO is a member organization founded in 1991 to advocate, promote and practice safe and environmentally responsible private-sector travel to the Antarctic.

Since the beginning of the modern Antarctic tourism industry in 1969, the number of tourists in Antarctica has grown from a few hundred to more than 30,000 each year. Recognizing the potential environmental impacts that such growing numbers of tourism could cause, seven private tour operators conducting excursions in Antarctica joined together in 1991 to practice and promote the highest possible standards of travel in this remote, wild and delicate region of the world.

Currently, more than 100 Antarctica-bound outfitters are voluntary members of our organization, the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO). Together we have established extensive procedures and guidelines that ensure appropriate, safe and environmentally sound private-sector travel to the Antarctic: regulations and restrictions on numbers of people ashore; staff-to-passenger ratios; site-specific and activity guidelines; wildlife watching; pre- and post-visit activity reporting; passenger, crew and staff briefings; previous Antarctic experience for tour staff; contingency and emergency medical evacuation plans; and more.

IAATO is an industry group that has resolved to set the highest possible tourism operating standards in its effort to protect Antarctica. This effort is unique, and the challenge to maintain environmentally responsible tourism exists to this extent in no other region of the world. Our membership comprises ship operators, land-based operators, ship agents, travel agents, one government office and travel companies that charter ships and airplanes from existing operators.


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Antarctica Bound are specialists in Antarctic Tours. Antarctic expeditions and adventure cruises, and have spent many years building valuable relationships with selected Antarctic cruise companies enabling us to gain a wealth of knowledge and experience which is passed on to you, our valued client.

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Tour Summary:

Tour name: Crossing the Circle Cruise Expedition - Ocean Nova

Prices from: £8119

Duration: 16 Days

Kind points from: 608

N&K Reference: NKT0002556
(Type this into the "Jump to" form at www.NatureAndKind.com to find this tour again)


Type: SMALL GROUP

Grading: EASY

Suitable for: OVER 50s, FAMILIES, SMALL GROUPS, SOLO TRAVELLERS, ONCE IN A LIFETIME

Experiences: WILDLIFE, ONCE IN A LIFETIME

Environments: POLAR

Activities: Nature Attractions, CRUISE - Wildlife Cruises, Polar, Once in a Lifetime

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