Scenic has introduced three new Scenic Eclipse II voyages within the East Antarctic and Ross Sea area, giving a restricted variety of visitors the possibility to discover areas historically unavailable to expedition cruise traces, the corporate stated in a press launch.
The new itineraries are a part of Scenic’s 2024/2025 program and provide financial savings of as much as $7,000 per cabin and free economic system or enterprise class airfare to those that ebook and pay in full a minimum of 12 months previous to departure.
“We have introduced these new voyages in response to travellers’ demand for exclusive destinations combined with ultra-luxury experiences,” stated Claudius Docekal, vice chairman of ocean deployment. “Scenic Eclipse II will be the newest and most modern luxury expedition ship operating in remote East Antarctica and the Ross Sea region, setting the benchmark in providing once-in-a-lifetime journeys for our guests.”
The 25-day Mawson’s Hut & Commonwealth Bay, Australia’s Antarctic Expedition sails from the Milford Sound fjord on New Zealand South Island to Hobart, Tasmania and features a go to to the Mawson’s Huts complicated at Cape Denison, Commonwealth Bay. The buildings on the website had been constructed and occupied by the Australasian Antarctic Expedition of 1911-1914, led by geologist and explorer Dr Douglas Mawson, and are one in all simply six surviving from the “heroic era” of Antarctic exploration. Subject to permits, Scenic Eclipse II will even make a touchdown on Macquarie Island, residence to the endemic royal penguins. Prices for the journey begin at $39,795 per individual, double.
The 24-day Antarctica’s Ross Sea – Majestic Ice & Wildlife has two sailings, one from Hobart, Australia to Dunedin, New Zealand and one round-trip crusing from Dunedin. Both itineraries, climate allowing, embody a go to to Ross Island, residence to Mount Erebus, the southernmost energetic volcano on Earth, and the historic hut of Sir Ernest Shackleton. On Cape Adare, visitors may have the possibility to take a Zodiac journey to see the biggest Adélie penguin rookery in Antarctica, whereas the volcanic Franklin Island provides one other alternative to discover the Adélie penguins and otherworldly landscapes such because the Mars-like Dry Valley, solely accessible by helicopter. Fares for the journey begin at $39,795.