For the inagural season, this departure features a number of great special bonuses:
- Receive free air from Miami - Economy class, on LAN Argentina Airlines
- Upgrade to Business Class (on same airline) for only $2,500
- Free round trip limousine transportation from home to the airport (50 mile limit)
- NO Single Supplement in categories D, C, B

CELEBRATE YOUR BIRTHDAY & SAVE
If your birthday or that of your traveling companion falls within the dates of this trip, we will extend a celebratory 50% off from one person's listed cruise and land rates. Single travelers whose birthday occurs during the voyage will receive a $500 discount and will have the single supplement waived. Please note that this offer cannot be combined with any other offers.

TRIPLE SAVINGS SPECIALS
For singles travelling alone wishing to book in a triple at incredible savings, we will match you with two other single travelers of your gender. Please contact us for details and prices.

BRING A FRIEND & SAVE
Bring a friend or friends, occupying a separate cabin, and each person saves 15% off the rates (applicable to travelers paying single or double occupancy rates).

TRIP SUMMARY
This unique Antarctic trip will be lead by Peter Hillary, son of the late Sir Edmund Hillary, and an accomplished mountaineer in his own right. In addition, Special Guest expedition leader Dave Hahn, climbing and expedition expert will be on board. Famed wildlife photographer Art Wolfe also will be on board, sharing his experiences and running workshops for interested amateur photographers. This special voyage includes five days in South Georgia, plus visits to South Orkney, Elephant Island and Antarctica.

Depart the United States on a regularly scheduled flight to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Arrive in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital, and one of South America’s most beautiful cities, and transfer to the Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires for the night. The remainder of the day is at leisure to relax. Evening cocktail reception at the hotel.

Fly from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, a Patagonian city set on the Beagle Channel and surrounded by the Darwin Cordillera, glaciers, and forests of southern beech. Upon arrival, transfer to the ship. Enjoy a spectacular vista of glaciers and green-misted mountains as Clelia II navigates the Beagle Channel.

Attend lectures by naturalists and study leaders as Clelia II sails to South Georgia. Albatross and cape petrels are among the birds that accompany the ship on its passage.

Spend six days exploring the rugged, ice-bound islands of South Georgia. Once ravaged by the South Atlantic whaling industry, the waters of South Georgia are now strictly protected and harbor abundant numbers of elephant seals, fur seals, and king penguins. Visit the Bay of Isles, home to a massive rookery of king penguins; Albatross Island, a paradise for gray-headed, black-browed, light-mantled sooty, and wandering albatross; and the town of Grytviken, where Sir Ernest Shackleton is buried in the small cemetery beyond the abandoned whaling station.

Attend on-board lectures and watch for whales and seabirds as Clelia II cruises the Scotia Sea.

A vista of enormous grounded icebergs is visible as Clelia II approaches the South Orkney Islands to call at Coronation Island. In the company of British scientists from Signy Station, visit the rookeries of penguins and snow and cape petrels that populate the island.

Today explore Elephant Island, where in 1916 Sir Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance was stranded, forcing Shackleton and five of his men to undertake a thousand-mile rescue mission on a 20-foot whaleboat to secure help.

Enjoy five days exploring the pristine wilderness of the Antarctic Peninsula, a narrow finger of land that separates the ice-choked waters of the Weddell and Bellingshausen Seas. As Clelia II sails through scenic waterways, witness a breathtaking panorama of icebergs, blue glaciers, and jagged, snowcapped mountains. Aboard the ship’s fleet of Zodiacs, cruise among ice floes, land at penguin rookeries, and visit with scientists at research stations. Although the itinerary varies according to local ice and wind conditions, we hope to land at such places as Petermann Island, where humpback and minke whales are often sighted offshore; Paradise Bay, the habitat of gentoo and chinstrap penguins and the blubbery Weddell seal; Deception Island, whose waters are often warm enough for swimming; and King George Island, home to several research stations. Voyages through the magnificent Lemaire, Neumeyer, Errata, and other protected channels are also planned—and never to be forgotten.

As Clelia II sails northward across the Antarctic Convergence, where the cold waters of the Southern Ocean override the warmer waters to the north. Enjoy three days at sea attending lectures and relaxing aboard ship.

Disembark in Ushuaia and transfer to the airport for the flight to Buenos Aires. Upon arrival in Buenos Aires connect with flights to the U.S.

Arrive in the U.S.

• Round-trip group flight from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia
• 1-night stay in Buenos Aires at the Palacio Duhau – Park Hyatt Buenos Aires, with welcome cocktail reception and breakfast
• 17-night cruise aboard the 100-guest expedition cruise ship, Clelia II
• Welcome and farewell cocktail receptions aboard ship
• All meals aboard ship, including house wine, beer and soft drinks with lunch and dinner
• Complete program of excursions

• Physician aboard ship
• Educational program of lectures and discussions by accompanying guest lecturers
• Expedition parka, complete pre-departure materials and detailed cruise log
• Expedition Leader and tour staff
• Baggage handling and transfers abroad on the designated program departure and arrival date
• Port and embarkation taxes
• Gratuities to porters, guides and drivers