Walking on the Antarctic Ice

cruzzz1000 · #1 (**permalink**) July 15th, 2008, 10:04 PM

I've seen several ads for MS Discovery and other smaller lines that will take you to Antarctica and let you walk on the Land/Ice mass.

Are there any of the larger Cruise lines that do more than just scenic cruising around the Antarctic peninsula?

Snoozeman · #2 (**permalink**) July 16th, 2008, 02:34 AM

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Originally Posted by cruzzz1000

I've seen several ads for MS Discovery and other smaller lines that will take you to Antarctica and let you walk on the Land/Ice mass.

Are there any of the larger Cruise lines that do more than just scenic cruising around the Antarctic peninsula?

Not on a regular basis. I know Cunard did when they had a special 7-continent cruise a few years ago.

dottiel · #3 (**permalink**) July 16th, 2008, 08:47 AM

My brother is going on this kind of cruise in Jan. Not sure which line he's cruising but I would be more than happy to ask him.

dottiel · #4 (**permalink**) July 16th, 2008, 09:37 AM

My brother is taking his tour with Quark Expeditions.

The company:

http://www.quarkexpeditions.com/

The ship:

http://www.quarkexpeditions.com/our-fleet/ocean-nova

The trip:

http://www.luminous-landscape.com/wo...ica-2009.shtml

Cassandra · #5 (**permalink**) July 16th, 2008, 05:23 PM

I worked for Quark at their office in Darien a number of years ago. The trips look like alot of fun.

And a good perk was if you work for them, your trips are free!!

dottiel · #6 (**permalink**) July 16th, 2008, 06:18 PM

What a COOL perk!

cruzzz1000 · #7 (**permalink**) July 16th, 2008, 10:36 PM

Thanks for the replies.

I was looking for one of the following:
RCI
NCL
Carnival
Princess
Celebrity
Costa
etc.

Some of these lines will offer "scenic cruising" but not actual stops.