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In the wake of Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Ushuaia - Ushuaia

Dates:
13/12/2023
to  27/12/2023

15
days
14
nights on board
Starting from*
AU$30,920
25% Ponant Bonus

In partnership with Les Éditions Tallandier and with featured guest Dominique Le Brun, writer and journalist.

A cruise in partnership with the Editions Tallandier publishing house with the exceptional presence of the writer, journalist and sailor Dominique Le Brun. An enthusiastic connoisseur of the maritime world and Commandant Charcot, he will enlighten the journey with his expertise during passionate lectures.

Your journey aboard Le Commandant Charcot will begin with your first look at this strikingly elegant ship, capable of navigating our planet’s most extreme environments. You are about to begin an adventure that will lead you to the edges of the Earth, on the continent that no people have ever inhabited, the Antarctic. But while these lands belong to no one, they have been the theatre of the greatest expeditions and have proven the heroism exemplified by certain men. From the Antarctic Peninsula to the Bellingshausen Sea and its unknown islets, Le Commandant Charcot will humbly take you on a 15-day exploration of the Far South, in the wake of the legendary man to whom it owes its name.

After crossing the mythical Drake Passage, beaten by the winds and home to soaring cape petrels, you will glimpse the last continent on the horizon. Jean-Baptiste Charcot led his first journey to the Antarctic over a century ago, but his exploits still resonate and his traces are tangible here. His first expedition with the ship Le Français built his legend and made a mark on Salpêtrière Bay. A little further south lies Marguerite Bay, which he explored during his second expedition. He named this mountainous and magnificent land after his wife and Pourquoi-Pas Island after his eponymous ship. At the exit of the Lemaire Channel, Petermann Island still holds memories of the wintering of this exceptional expedition.

As you sail on exploring the Bellingshausen Sea, the conditions become increasingly extreme. Ice takes over your horizon, the ice floe stretches out, and icebergs drift around you. The approach to Charcot Island guarantees intense emotions and gives you the unique feeling of being among the privileged few able to contemplate it.

Throughout your journey, our team of passionate experts will go over all the details of these historic exploits with you while sharing their in-depth knowledge of the wildlife and landscapes. You will have the chance to observe Adelie, Gentoo and chinstrap penguins and perhaps even some young emperor penguins on the edge of the ice floe. Leopard, crabeater and Weddell seals, humpback and Mink whales, and orcas also live in these southern waters that you will sail through like those men of legend did before you.

We are privileged guests in these extreme lands where we are at the mercy of weather and ice conditions. Our navigation will be determined by the type of ice we come across; as the fast ice must be preserved, we will take this factor into account from day to day in our itineraries. The sailing programme, outings, activities and observation of fauna cannot be guaranteed and are subject to weather and ice conditions. The Captain and the Expedition Leader will make every effort to ensure that your experience is as rich as possible, while respecting safety instructions and regulations imposed by the IAATO.


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A cruise in partnership with the Editions Tallandier publishing house with featured guest the writer, journalist and sailor Dominique Le Brun. An all-new exploration aboard Le Commandant Charcot, following in...


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Partner - Dominique Le Brun

Our guest of honour

Partner - Dominique Le Brun

Dominique Le Brun

Jean-Baptiste Charcot wondered: “Where does this strange attraction of these polar regions come from, so powerful, so tenacious that after returning from them, one forgets the moral and physical fatigues to think only of returning to them ?”  Come with me on board the Commandant Charcot: By following the wake of his ships through the ice and landing in the bays where he wintered, you will understand how the Antarctic Peninsula bewitched the famous polar explorer.

I am eager to share with you my own passion for the poles, giving you everything I know about this exceptional character.

Dominique Le Brun.

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Partner - Les Éditions Tallandier

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Prestige Stateroom Deck 6
 

(20 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus

Prestige Stateroom Deck 7
 

(20 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus

Prestige Stateroom Deck 8
 

(20 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus

Deluxe Suite Deck 6
 

(28 m²)

From AU$33,060
25% Ponant Bonus

Deluxe Suite Deck 7
 

(28 m²)

From AU$34,600
25% Ponant Bonus

Deluxe Suite Deck 8
 

(28 m²)

From AU$35,820
25% Ponant Bonus

Prestige Suite Deck 7
 

(40 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus

Prestige Suite Deck 8
 

(40 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus

Grand Prestige Suite Deck 6
 

(42 m²)

From AU$49,340
25% Ponant Bonus

Privilege Suite Deck 8
 

(48 m²)

Fully booked
25% Ponant Bonus

Duplex Suite Deck 6
 

(94 m²)

From AU$72,380
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Owner's Suite
 

(115 m²)

Fully booked



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