Antarctica Cruises - Radisson Seven Seas

In Antarctica, the word "extremes" takes on new meaning. It holds the world's largest reservoir of fresh water. Yet it is a vast desert as dry as the Sahara. It is a frozen wilderness locked in a Pleistocene time warp. Yet in summer during the miracle of rebirth, Antarctica's open skies are alive with swooping seabirds, its pure snow and water filled with the largest concentration of pelagic life on our planet. Rookeries of penguins that number in the tens and even hundreds of thousands. Seals and whales in glorious abundance.

Equally glorious is the stark, raw beauty of Antarctica. Giant, blue-tinted icebergs sparkle like diamonds in a midnight blue sea. Towering snowcapped mountains reach toward the eternal midnight sun. Vast snowfields, blinding white, stretch to eternity. All this we invite you to witness aboard Explorer II, the world's top-rated expedition ship.

It is only during the past few decades that anyone but the most ardent explorer has set foot on the great white continent. This glacial wilderness still looms in all its purity, and except for a few scientific stations, there is little human presence here.

But, life, does indeed survive in Antarctica. Rookeries of penguins that number in tens of thousands. Birds and seals in glorious abundance. Radisson Seven Seas is offering two longer expeditions (14- and 15-night) to this undisturbed ecosystem, the world's largest concentration of marine wildlife, in partnership with the world-renowned travel operators, Abercrombie & Kent. Two January expeditions are exclusive Radisson Seven Seas full ship charters.

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