COURTESY Quark Expeditions: SEATTLE, November 2, 2022 – Quark Expeditions, the worldwide Leader in Polar Adventures, launched into its first voyage of the Antarctic 2022-23 season on November 1 with the 11-day “Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent” voyage. Guests on this much-awaited polar journey sailed from Ushuaia, Argentina, on Quark Expeditions’ game-changing new ship, Ultramarine.
“Our Expedition Team is especially excited to welcome guests back to the Antarctic region,” stated Wendy Batchelor, Vice-president of Marketing for Quark Expeditions. “Our impressive collection of Antarctic trips offers something for every type of traveler, who also get to enjoy superb onboard amenities on the technologically-advanced Ultramarine.”
Quark Expeditions presents company the most important portfolio of off-ship journey choices within the Polar Regions, starting from Alpine Heli trekking and Exclusive Heli Landing to tenting and Zodiac cruising. “Equally appealing, our guests get to do it all with the most seasoned expedition team in the industry, some of whom have 20-plus years of experience,” says Batchelor.
Quark Expeditions’ Antarctic 2022-23 itineraries will go to quite a few distant locations, such because the Antarctic Peninsula, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands, the South Shetland Islands and the Lemaire Channel, to say a number of. Guests are ready to decide on itineraries that meet their particular pursuits, corresponding to penguin safaris, visits to the historic Falkland Islands, and voyages that cross the Antarctic Circle. “And we also offer express voyages that enable time-strapped guests to fly over the 800-kilometer Drake Passage,” says Batchelor.
Guests who guide voyages within the Antarctic 22-23 season are additionally coated by the Quark Protection Promise, which is essentially the most versatile reserving coverage within the polar business.
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About Quark Expeditions: Specializing completely in expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic, Quark Expeditions® has been the main innovator of polar journey because the firm took the primary group of shopper vacationers to the North Pole in 1991. Quark Expeditions has been innovating ever since. With a various fleet of specially-equipped small expedition vessels and icebreakers—a few of them outfitted with helicopters—Quark Expeditions delivers deeply immersive polar experiences—and is ready to take company deeper into the Polar Regions than anybody else. Led by passionate and seasoned expedition groups, together with scientists, wildlife consultants and researchers, Quark Expeditions presents an onboard program that enriches the passenger expertise.
About Ultramarine: The technologically-advanced Ultramarine, the most recent addition to the Quark Expeditions fleet, is a game-changer in polar exploration. Equipped with two twin-engine Airbus 145 helicopters, 20 quick-launching Zodiacs and the most important portfolio of off-ship journey choices within the business, Ultramarine adjustments the best way company discover the Polar Regions. Other options embody a spa, sauna with floor-to-ceiling home windows, health centre, yoga area, spacious rooms and two eating places plus a lounge and presentation theatre. Ultramarine has been designed with superior sustainability programs that assist protect the pristine Polar Regions for the following technology of explorers. Ultramarine has an Ice Class score of 1A+ and Polar Class score of PC6, which contribute to the vessel’s superior requirements of security customary. The ship’s revolutionary sustainability options, which assist scale back its environmental footprint, embody a micro auto gasification system (MAGS), which is able to changing onboard waste into power, eliminating the necessity for the transportation of waste.
About Travelopia: Travelopia is likely one of the world’s main specialist journey teams. A pioneer within the experiential journey sector with a portfolio consisting of greater than 50 independently operated manufacturers, most of that are leaders of their sector. From crusing adventures, safaris and sports activities excursions, to Arctic expeditions, every model is various and centered on creating unforgettable experiences for patrons internationally.
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