Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic
Antarctica Direct: Fly the Drake Passage 8-Day (8-Day Expedition)
Antarctica
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Sailing Itinerary
Trip Details
Departs: January 22, 2028
Returns: January 29, 2028
Departure Port: Puerto Natales
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Your Ship
National Geographic Explorer
A 1982 Norwegian coastal ferry with an ice-class hull, now the fleet's hardest-working polar ship
Aboard
- Built at Ulstein Verft in 1982 and ran Norway's Hurtigruten coastal route for twenty-one years as Midnatsol
- Ice class 1A hull, ice-reinforced and fully stabilized
- Draft of 15 feet 7 inches, which is what gets her into the bays
- 99 staff and crew for 148 guests, including the naturalists and the undersea team
- Antarctica Direct voyages that cross the Drake one way and fly it the other
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The Same Trip, Other Weeks
The identical itinerary on this ship, priced by departure. Fares move week to week, and the difference is often larger than anything else on this page.
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| January 22, 2028This sailing | |||||
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| February 29, 2028 |
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