The Journey
From November 29th, 2023 to December 13th, 2023, we embark for 14 nights on board of Commandant Charcot Icebreaker and plan to cross the Antarctic Circle to reach down south to the Charcot Island and Pourquoi Pas Island.
Itinerary
FOLLOW US LIVE AS WE PROGRESS
11/29 Departure from Ushuaia
11/30 - 12/01 Crossing of the Drake Passage
12/02 Crossing the Antarctic Circle
12/03 The Gullet
12/04 - 12/05 Expedition to Charcot Island
12/06 Bellingshausen Sea
12/07 Marguerite Bay
12/08 Pourquoi Pas Island
12/09 - 12/10 Antarctic Peninsula
12/11 - 12/12 Crossing the Drake Passage
Antarctic Circle
Weather permitting, we'll cross the mythic line of the Antarctic Polar Circle, located along 66°33’ south of the Equator
Pourquoi Pas Island
Landing on the coast of Pourquoi Pas Island, so named in the 1930s in honor of Jean-Baptiste Charcot who discovered it from onboard his ship Le Pourquoi Pas ?