As well as cruises within the Arctic Circle or Arctic Ocean and cruises within the continent of Antarctica, Audley have also included South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and Macquarie Island as well as Iceland and parts of Baffin Island in Canada.
Audley have launched a stand-alone Polar Expedition Cruising brochure. It gives the widest choice of boats and destinations available on the UK market with an excellent range of suggested itineraries covering many countries.
Audley’s polar specialists have all travelled to one or both of the polar regions so have extensive knowledge and experience and are able to give clients detailed first hand information of both the destinations and the boats. They are also totally honest on the pros and cons of polar cruising – for example giving an honest account of crossing Drake Passage and tips on how to endure it if you suffer from sea-sickness.
As well as cruises within the Arctic Circle or Arctic Ocean and cruises within the continent of Antarctica, Audley have also included South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and Macquarie Island as well as Iceland and parts of Baffin Island in Canada as these places are all visited by boats that sail on to the polar regions.
The brochure includes seven pages dedicated to the different boats available, giving full details on each including their maximum speed, ice class and dimensions. Audley only work with the smaller vessels as they offer a more intimate experience and include daily excursions which larger boats are unable to offer. The largest boat they recommend has a capacity of just 189 passengers with most taking around 120 passengers.
There is also a section in the brochure that gives a typical polar day experience, so that clients know what to expect, as well as a section on the unexpected! Examples include everyone jumping up from dinner to rush to the deck to see a pod of orcas or stopping in pack ice to watch a lone male polar bear approach the boat. The wonderful natural environment can mean all sorts of extra surprises.
Suggested itineraries on offer range from a 9 day North Spitsbergen cruise to a 37 day Ultimate Antarctica cruise that takes in a semi-circumnavigation voyage of Antarctica sailing to both the Antarctic Peninsula and the Ross Sea in East Antarctica as well as the sub-Antarctic island of Macquarie.
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