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EXPLORE ANTARCTICA!
Including the Weddell Sea to look for Emperor Penguins
December 1-16, 2009

AAAS members are invited to join this very special Antarctica Expedition, December 1-16, 2009, during which we will look for Emperor Penguins in the Weddell Sea, and then explore the Antarctica Peninsula! This is longer than the usual Classic Antarctic Cruise, and includes incredible savings! Depending on cabin category, prices are $1,195 to $3,665 below retail (only for members and friends of AAAS). Please book immediately because space is limited and will sell out quickly!

ITINERARY IN BRIEF

  • Days 1/2 Miami to Buenos Aires. Transfer to hotel, city tour and welcome social.
  • Day 3 Buenos Aires to Ushuaia & depart for Antarctica.
    Fly to Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego, and board your expedition vessel, M/V Molchanov.
  • Days 4/5 Crossing the Drake Passage
    Enjoy the lecture program on board ship, and see the Antarctic Convergence. Look for Wandering Albatross, Wilson’s Storm Petrels, and other seabirds.
  • Day 6 Weddell Sea & Antarctic Sound
    Sail into the Weddell Sea and look for tabular icebergs if the Antarctic Sound is accessible. On Dundee Island see where Lincoln Ellsworth began his Trans-Antarctic flight in Nov - Dec 1935. Visit Paulet Island with millions of pairs of Adelie Penguins.
  • Day 7 Snow Hill & James Ross Island -- Emperor Penguins
    Visit Snow Hill with the remains of the Nordenskiold Expedition. Look for Emperor Penguins on the ice edge making their way to open water. We will try to see them again tomorrow.
  • Day 8 Devil Island and Vega Island
    If ice allows, we will go further into the Weddell Sea to visit Devil Island and Vega Island. See Adelie penguins and hike to a hilltop. See a spectacular waterfall at point “Well-Met.”
  • Day 9 Antarctic Sound & Esperanza Station
    Today we visit the Esperanza Argentine station on the Antarctic Peninsula. We are still on the lookout for Emperor Penguins on the ice flows. See Adelie penguins, Cape Petrels, Pale-faced Sheathbills, Skuas, and Antarctic Terns.
  • Day 10 Astrolabe Island
    See a great variety of Antarctic birds, like breeding Antarctic Fulmars. Sail along the Wright Ice Piedmont at the Antarctic Continent at Graham Land. The piedmont was named after the Wrightbrothers who made the first plane flight in December 1903.
  • Day 11 Cuverville Island - Neko Harbor - Paradise Bay
    On our way further south, sail to Cuverville Island for Gentoo Penguins and Brown Skuas. Visit Neko Harbor or Paradise Bay. Zodiac cruise among the icebergs and there are good chances
    to see Humpback Whales and Minke Whales.
  • Day 12 Neumayer Channel - Melchior Islands
    Good possibilities here to Zodiac cruise among the icebergs and see Leopard Seals & Whales.
  • Days 13/14 Drake Passage
    Cross the Drake Passage back to Ushuaia; continue our lecture program.
  • Days 15/16 Ushuaia/Buenos Aires/Miami.

Triple: $5,855pp+air. Twin Non-Private Bath: $6,525pp+air. Twin Private: $7,125 pp + air. Superior Twin: $7,825 pp + air. Suite: $8,325 pp + air. Air from Miami: $995.

FOR A DETAILED BROCHURE, PHONE TAUNYA, (800) 252-4910 or Email: taunya@betchartexpeditions.com

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