Highlights: First overnight in Punta Arenas. Flight from Punta Arenas to Frei Station. Ship cruise along the Western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. Crossing of the Drake Passage and return to Ushuaia by sea.
Itinerary: Punta Arenas – Frei Station (King George Island) – Western coast of the Antarctic Peninsula – Drake Passage – Ushuaia.
The […]
Highlights: Ship cruise from Ushuaia to Antarctica and return flight to Punta Arenas. Visit of Port Williams and landing on Cape Horn. Several landings on the South Shetland Islands. Return flight from Frei Station (King George Island) to Punta Arenas.
The ship:
The “Grigoriy Mikheev” is a comfortable and modern research vessel. She belongs to the Hydrographic […]
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