Life Returns - Springtime Expedition to Antarctica
Oct 16, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026 · 23 days
Oct 16, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026 · 23 days
Activity
Mountaineering and ski touring take small groups off the ship onto Antarctic slopes and ridgelines, roped up or on skins, away from the usual landing sites. It trades the zodiac cruise for a slower, physical read of the same white terrain.
Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 29, 2026 · 9 days
Puerto Williams
Oct 20, 2026 – Oct 26, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Oct 23, 2026 – Nov 10, 2026 · 19 days
Oct 23, 2026 – Nov 12, 2026 · 21 days
Cape Town
Oct 24, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026 · 21 days
Puerto Madryn
Oct 24, 2026 – Nov 14, 2026 · 22 days
Ushuaia
Oct 25, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026 · 20 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Oct 26, 2026 – Nov 1, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Oct 29, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026 · 9 days
King George Island
Oct 30, 2026 – Nov 10, 2026 · 12 days
Oct 31, 2026 – Nov 15, 2026 · 16 days
Nov 1, 2026 – Nov 7, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Nov 3, 2026 – Nov 23, 2026 · 21 days
Puerto Madryn
Nov 3, 2026 – Nov 16, 2026 · 14 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 4, 2026 – Nov 14, 2026 · 11 days
Activity
Camping on the Antarctic continent means sleeping in a bivy bag directly on the snow, under a sky that rarely goes fully dark in summer. It runs on select nights when conditions allow, with places limited by each ship's shore permit.
Nov 6, 2026 – Nov 16, 2026 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 6, 2026 – Nov 28, 2026 · 23 days
Nov 7, 2026 – Nov 25, 2026 · 18 days
Puerto Williams
Nov 7, 2026 – Nov 13, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Nov 8, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026 · 20 days
Ushuaia
Nov 9, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026 · 21 days
Nov 9, 2026 – Nov 20, 2026 · 12 days
Nov 9, 2026 – Nov 24, 2026 · 18 days
Puerto Williams
Nov 11, 2026 – Nov 20, 2026 · 10 days
Ushuaia
Nov 12, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 12, 2026 – Nov 30, 2026 · 19 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Nov 12, 2026 – Nov 21, 2026 · 10 days
Ushuaia
Nov 12, 2026 – Nov 28, 2026 · 17 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 12, 2026 – Dec 12, 2026 · 30 days
San Antonio (Santiago), Chile
Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 25, 2026 · 13 days
Ushuaia
Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 23, 2026 · 11 days
Wildlife
A stocky, orange-billed penguin of the genus Pygoscelis, closest kin to the Adélie and Chinstrap. Its loud, trumpeting call, delivered with head thrown back, carries across the shoreline colonies where expedition landings are made.
Nov 13, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026 · 10 days
Nov 14, 2026 – Nov 29, 2026 · 16 days
Nov 15, 2026 – Nov 25, 2026 · 11 days
Ushuaia
Nov 15, 2026 – Nov 25, 2026 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 15, 2026 – Nov 28, 2026 · 14 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 17, 2026 – Nov 22, 2026 · 6 days
Ushuaia, Argentina
Nov 17, 2026 – Dec 4, 2026 · 18 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Nov 18, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026 · 10 days
Nov 18, 2026 – Nov 28, 2026 · 11 days
Ushuaia (Argentina)
Nov 18, 2026 – Dec 9, 2026 · 21 days
Buenos Aires
Nov 19, 2026 – Nov 30, 2026 · 12 days
Nov 19, 2026 – Nov 25, 2026 · 6 days
King George Island
Nov 20, 2026 – Nov 27, 2026 · 8 days
Punta Arenas, Chile
Nov 20, 2026 – Dec 8, 2026 · 19 days
Ushuaia
Nov 21, 2026 – Dec 1, 2026 · 11 days
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nov 21, 2026 – Nov 30, 2026 · 10 days
Ushuaia