{"id":20923,"date":"2022-12-31T18:18:40","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T18:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/antarctica-returning-to-pre-pandemic-levels-in-2022-2023-cruise-industry-news\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T18:18:40","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T18:18:40","slug":"antarctica-returning-to-pre-pandemic-levels-in-2022-2023-cruise-industry-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/31\/antarctica-returning-to-pre-pandemic-levels-in-2022-2023-cruise-industry-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Antarctica Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022-2023 &#8211; Cruise Industry News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Antarctica is returning to pre-pandemic capability ranges within the 2022-2023 season following a disrupted 2021-2022 season and no cruise visitors in 2020-2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to the most recent version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cruiseindustrynews.com\/store\/product\/annual-reports\/2022-cruise-industry-news-annual-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Cruise Industry News Annual Report<\/em><\/a>, the vacation spot will obtain a complete of 55 ships from a number of totally different manufacturers, together with Hurtigruten, Ponant, Viking and Seabourn.<\/p>\n<p><em>Cruise Industry News<\/em> seemed on the plans of a number of the operators within the area:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hurtigruten Expeditions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ships: <\/strong>Three \u2013 Fridtjof Nansen, Roald Amundsen and Fram<br \/><strong>Homeports:<\/strong> Ushuaia (Argentina); and Punta Arenas (Chile)<br \/><strong>Itinerary highlights: <\/strong>Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, South Georgia, Falkland Islands and extra<\/p>\n<p>Hurtigruten has three expeditions ships crusing in Antarctica throughout the complete 2022-2023 season.<\/p>\n<p>Departing from Argentina and Chile, the corporate presents 12- to 23-night cruises within the area, visiting not solely the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Shetland Islands but additionally South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and extra.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ponant<br \/><\/strong><strong>Ships: <\/strong>Five \u2013 Le Commandant Charcot, Le Lyrial, Le Sol\u00e9al, L\u2019Austral and Le Boreal<br \/><strong>Homeports:<\/strong> Ushuaia (Argentina); Dunedin and Lyttelton (New Zealand)<br \/><strong>Itinerary highlights: <\/strong>Ross Sea, Amundsen Sea, Marie Byrd Land, Weddell Sea, South Shetlands, South Orkneys and extra<\/p>\n<p>Ponant is providing an entire season in Antarctica, with a complete of 5 ships crusing within the Frozen Continent.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to its 4 Boreal Class ships, the corporate can also be working the icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot within the area.<\/p>\n<p>The 245-guest luxurious vessel is ready to discover additional, visiting uncommon components of Antarctica, together with the Amundsen Sea and Marie Byrd Land.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Silversea Expeditions<br \/><\/strong><strong>Ships: <\/strong>Three \u2013 Silver Endeavour, Silver Wind and Silver Cloud<br \/><strong>Homeports: <\/strong>King George Island (Antarctica); and Puerto Williams (Chile)<br \/><strong>Itinerary highlights: <\/strong>Antarctic Sound, Antarctic Peninsula, South Shetland Islands, Drake Passage and extra<\/p>\n<p>With three ships within the area for first time, Silversea Expeditions is providing one in all its largest packages in Antarctica.<\/p>\n<p>The spotlight of the deployment is the brand new Silver Endeavour, <a href=\"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/cruise-news\/2022\/11\/silver-endeavour-kiks-off-inaugural-season-in-antarctica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which debuted in November<\/a>. Acquired by the corporate in 2022, the 200-guest vessel is providing fly-cruises to the Antarctica Peninsula departing from King George Island.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Oceanwide Expeditions<br \/><\/strong><strong>Ships: <\/strong>Three \u2013 Hondius, Plancius and Ortelius<br \/><strong>Homeports: <\/strong>Ushuaia (Argentina); and Bluff (New Zealand)<br \/><strong>Itinerary highlights: <\/strong>Antarctic Peninsula, Peter I Island, Ross Sea, Macquarie Island, South Georgia and extra<\/p>\n<p>Oceanwide Expeditions is working three ships in Antarctica this season. In addition to the 2019-built Hondius, the Plancius and Ortelius are additionally crusing within the area, providing itineraries to the Antarctica Peninsula, South Georgia, the Falkland Islands and extra.<\/p>\n<p>In January and February, the Ortelius is ready to supply two month-long voyages to the Ross Sea, visiting distant components of Antarctica that embody the Campbell Island, the Macquarie Island and others.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Viking<br \/><\/strong><strong>Ships: <\/strong>Two \u2013 Viking Polaris and Viking Octantis<br \/><strong>Homeport: <\/strong>Ushuaia (Argentina)<br \/><strong>Itinerary highlights: <\/strong>Half Moon Island, Whalers Bay, Brown Bluff, Lemaire Channel, Neko Harbor, South Georgia and extra<\/p>\n<p>The new Viking Polaris is the spotlight of Viking\u2019s 2022-2023 program in Antarctica. Along with its sister ship, the Viking Octantis, the vessel is providing a collection of 13- to 19-day expeditions within the area.<\/p>\n<p>Sailing from Ushuaia, the exploration itineraries characteristic visits to a number of components of the Frozen Continent, together with the Half Moon Island, the Lemaire Channel and extra.<\/p>\n<p>Other cruise traces crusing within the area this winter embody:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quark Expeditions<\/li>\n<li>Lindblad Expeditions<\/li>\n<li>Aurora Expeditions<\/li>\n<li>Hapag-Lloyd<\/li>\n<li>Albatros Expeditions<\/li>\n<li>Antarctica21<\/li>\n<li>Polar Latitudes<\/li>\n<li>Swan Hellenic<\/li>\n<li>Intrepid<\/li>\n<li>Scenic<\/li>\n<li>G Adventures<\/li>\n<li>Plantours<\/li>\n<li>Antarpply<\/li>\n<li>Poseidon Expeditions<\/li>\n<li>Seabourn<\/li>\n<li>Atlas Ocean Voyages<\/li>\n<li>Vantage Travel<\/li>\n<li>Noble Caledonia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Antarctica is returning to pre-pandemic capability ranges within the 2022-2023 season following a disrupted 2021-2022 season and no cruise visitors in 2020-2021. According to the most recent version of the Cruise Industry News Annual Report, the vacation spot will obtain a complete of 55 ships from a number of totally different manufacturers, together with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20925,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cruiseindustrynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Damoy-Point-Antarctica.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-20923","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cruise"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}