Ross sea highlights
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Beagle Channel
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Home to some of the world’s most southern settlements, Beagle Channel is the first place biologist Charles Darwin saw glaciers
Bird Watching
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Enjoy birding together with fellow birders and visit remote places with rare bird-species.
Borchgrevink’s Hut
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Boasting the honor of being the first man-made structure built on Antarctica, Borchgrevink’s hut is a prized monument highly popular among our history-minded guests
Campbell Island
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Of the five sub-Antarctic island groups that belong to New Zealand, the Campbell Island group is the most southerly
Cape Evans
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The site of Robert Falcon Scott’s historic 1911 hut, Cape Evans is located on the west side of Ross Island
Cape Royds
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A shoulder of coal-gray rock shoving into the sea, this westernmost promontory of Ross Island is the site of famed explorer Ernest Shackleton’s historic hut
Flora and fauna in the Ross Sea
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Remote and stunningly beautiful, the flora and fauna of the Ross Sea have adapted to this unforgiving Antarctic region
Icebergs
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Slabs of frozen fresh water, icebergs are the free-floating offspring of glaciers and ice shelves
Invercargill and Bluff
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Invercargill, and more specifically the port of Bluff, is used an embarkation point for our Ross Sea expeditions
Macquarie Island
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Between New Zealand and Antarctica lies Macquarie Island, representing the only spot in the Pacific where mantle rocks can be seen at sea level
McMurdo Dry Valleys
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The Dry Valleys of the Transantarctic Mountains are among the world’s most unique deserts, a stark and fascinating landscape comparable to Mars
McMurdo Sound
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Connecting the Ross Sea to the McMurdo Ice Shelf, McMurdo Sound is Earth’s most southerly navigable body of water and home to Antarctica’s largest research station
McMurdo Station
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The largest research facility in Antarctica, McMurdo Station is an American scientific base located on Ross Island
Pancake Ice
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The lily pads of the polar regions, pancake ice consists of rounded sheets of newly frozen water
Peter I Island
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Also known as Peter I Øy, Peter I Island is volcanic, uninhabited, and one of the most remote islands in the world
Ross Ice Shelf
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This immense floating mass of ice is the largest ice shelf in Antarctica, with much hidden below the water
Ross Island
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Home to three historic expedition huts, Antarctica's largest research station, and Earth's southernmost active volcano, Ross Island is a longstanding favorite of our far-south expeditions
Scott's Hut
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Still containing its original furniture and supplies, the wintering hut of Robert Falcon Scott’s final expedition is one of Antarctica’s most captivating historical sites
Shackleton’s Hut
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Located in McMurdo Sound, this historic hut was used by Shackleton and his crew during their legendary attempt to reach the South Pole
Shore-Based Walking
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Explore the last true wilderness of our planet on foot, and absorb the beauty of the polar regions at your own pace
Walk on the Ross Sea pack ice
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Follow in the foosteps of polar expeditions of the past and step foot onto the thick pack ice of the Ross Sea
Whale safari
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One of the greatest sources of joy and wonder found on our cruises is when we make contact with the gentle giants of the seas, the whales.
Zodiac Cruising & Shore Program
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By Zodiac you will explore the polar world, getting up close to icebergs, glaciers, and iconic wildlife
