We Just Returned from a $25,000 Luxury Antarctica Cruise

Would you consider taking a cruise to Antarctica? 🇦🇶

And you want this highly trained education expert expedition team to perform dog and pony shows for you for bc you are easily bored? Grow up.

wheres the bathrooms :)

Great review of a cruise line i am just learning about thank you so much,, Antartica is on my bucket list,, Im 66 tho so feel like i might be a bit to old ?

Great video. I am thinking of taking one of these cruises and was wondering - did you purchase travel insurance? If so where is the company you purchased it from. Or do you have a credit card that has good travel insurance.

I cannot even imagine having that kind of money to do that. OHHHHHH All I can do is dream. Won't happen but you can dream.

Not for me. I dont like being cold

Explored Antarctica this past winter on the National Geographic/Lindblad Explorer. An awesome experience with incredible naturalists and learning opportunities. The Explorer has an incredible 'vibe' of people who love their work and share their passion. An incredible ship and memories to last a lifetime.

One of my geology professors who did a lot of work in Antarctica, gave lectures on Antarctic cruises. He was a great, and funny, lecturer and probably the best professor I ever had while studying for my BS Geology.

Was on world voyager 28th November-7th December. Good to see it back up and running, we got pretty banged up on “Drakes Shake” on way back 😂

It looks so amazing! But for 2777.00 day I understand you expecting a bit more on board activity. But this was the trip of lifetime. Don’t think it’s one I’d want to repeat, but it definitely is one for the books. “Like that Room Service “!!!!

Just got off the Norwegian Star, a much better trip than I had imagined, saw alot but didn't get off the ship.

25k to what? Wow bad for the environment, the antarctic, your souls

Why don't polar bears eat penguins?

Iceberg = titanic 😮

We went on the Seabourn Venture in early December. Absolutely loved the trip and want to go back another year....probably in January when there will be tons of whales, Orcas, and baby penguins. We were a bit early for that going in December. There was also a wedding on our trip tho my wife laughed that their wedding was on an island named Deception Island. :)

What dates did you go?

If I’m expending the time, effort and money to go to Antarctica….I want to see and spend more than 90 minutes on Antarctica. Could care less about the cruise amenities…because if that is a priority, there are 100’s of cruises that probably offer better amenities, at less expense. Finally, I hope this particular cruise line too all the necessary precautions not to introduce human-born bacteria or other pathogens that could impact Antarctica’s wildlife?

Thank you very much for your very useful video... I will be in Antarctica “seabourn pursuit” in a week and I am already very excited and I hope I can see the whales.

wow. if someone tells you that an effing cruise may not be at your fitness level, you may want to make some lifestyle adjustments.

Thank you. You easily convinced me I'd literally rather burn $25K than waste time on such a silly trip.

Very nice video without any fluff. It seems they are telling it like it is.

Wait what? This is a rip-off. Just did a 10 day Seabourn Luxury Expedition Cruise to Antarctica for 1/5 the cost and we got 4 landings and 4 zodiac tours + the polar plunge and kayaking. And they never stopped serving alcohol lol

Looks fantastic and your video was so professional. Would love to go, fitness permitting. Thank-you.

QUESTION EYE HAS IS OR CAN ANY OF THE COST ASCEND TO TAX CREDIT OR DEDUCT ON IRS RETURNS?

EYE still maintains that respective cruisers must SHED POUNDS before engaging on a FABULOUS ENGANING SHIP LINER without a single DOUBT. 🙃

Strangely enough, you would have to pay ME 25 grand to go to Antarctica.

$25,000 is insane. For that I would expect a penguin, sealion and whale performance show every day and an appearance by Aquaman.

Thank you for the useful information. We are planning a Antarctica trip in lat January 2025 on Seaborne. So I’m watching all the io I can find. Your video was one of the most complete thrive seen, presenting the good and not so good side of the trip. We can’t wait or our 13 day adventure 😉

Loved your video! We just spent 2 days in Antarctica. Not as in-depth as yours but still incredible.

We made a trip to Antarctica with a competition line. There are many to chose from and range from a former science ship to a luxury ship with butlers. There are tour companies that will plan your trip, but most of them contract with the different lines going there anyway. Most have the same set-up...some start in Chile and some start in Argentina. Buenos Aires is beautiful but Patagonia in the south is breath-taking and worth an extension. The naturalist on board do a good job of preparing you for landing and will brief and de-brief you so you understand what you see. It is the closest one can come to traveling to another planet. It takes two days to cross the Drake Strait which is some of the roughest waters in the world, but well worth the rocking and rolling to see Antarctica. Because of changing weather, the crew may give you Plan A for the landing which quickly becomes Plan B or Plan C if the winds are too strong or waves too big.Some bigger cruises ships advertise they go to Antarctica but they just sail by because they carry too many passengers to make landings...but if you are going to travel that far and put up with the Drake Shake, you want to "put boots on the ground." Not every line does the Polar dive, but they all try to give you two excursions per day once you get "South."

We're in our 60's, and did Antarctica in Dec 2021 with Silversea. Ok, that's a high-end way to go, but
a) they appeared to us to be the best regarding all of the pre-embarkation logistics, and
b) they offered an "Antarctic Bridge" option which involved roundtrip charter flights from Punta Arenas to King George Island, thus avoiding the volatile Drake Passage.
My wife has a propensity for sea sickness, and we were unsure if her patches would compensate for the then-hurricane force wind-whipped seas of the Drake - best to not ruin a pricey vacation with the potential for two days of misery crossing the Drake to start our Antarctic adventure.

On our sailing, all of the gear (boots, water proof overpants, poles & parka) was part of the fare - thus, making packing for the trip FAR easier. Our pre-embarkation involved a flight from Houston to Santiago, followed by a charter to Punta Arenas, then another charter to King George Island. The above-mentioned essential gear was provided to us in Punta Arenas before departing on the charter for King George Island - we changed into the gear aboard that flight (not exactly optimal, but we managed). On arrival on King George Island, our embarkation adventure began with a 1.3 mile trek from the airfield downhill to the water's edge where we boarded Zodiacs to be ferried to the ship. (Btw, that 1.3 mile trek is uphill when the sailing ends and you're landed to trek back to the airfield.) The expedition team was very good with daily debriefs and enrichment lectures.

My only counsel - if you desire to go to Antarctica, DO SO AS SOON AS YOU CAN . . . i.e., don't wait until you're older and less ambulatory. To fully enjoy the shore experiences (which ALL occur via Zodiac landings and involve trekking thru snow), you need to be able to get around on your own. There aren't enough cruise line employees to escort you individually if you're mobility-challenged - so, if you are so-challenged and still wish to go, build into the cost of your cruise hiring & bringing along your own private aid to help you get around on shore landings. Oh, and one more thing, you thoroughly wash the exterior of your boots after each landing - and they're so bulky, we couldn't wait to get them off upon reboarding the ship after a landing - each took a pair of (what our grandkids call) "slides" to slip into after taking off our boots in the equipping area.

This is a Portuguese company.
I like the vibe of a real cruise chip not of an amusement park

Cool. This is the first Cruise I want to take. Here I come Antarctica!

We took Viking and kayak and submarine excursions were included at no extra charge.

I think I would invest the money than see Antarctica. And why are so many Americans gluttons all they do is just talk about food on these cruises. There’s more to life than just eating and eating and eating. It’s called gluttony yuck. I’m going to stop watching.

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Does all that poop get dumped into the waters? This

Definitely do not open the window if the deck is closed!!! Some research with safety would be food to do also. In Drake's passage there is always chance of getting hit with rogue waves and those are not a joke. Bit over a year ago someone died because of one of those. Also Atlas clearly didn't do good enough job with their safety briefing.

Do they have health requirements for passengers, weight or height limits?

Did you visit the Post Office? We are going in a few days with Atlas and was hoping to!

My travel partner and I went to Antarctica with National Geographic. Our best trip!! We are not outdoors people, or climbers, or hikers, etc. We have traveled to all seven continents with National Geographic. They have never disappointed us. Yes, they cost a little more, but, the experience is always worth it. Traveling on a small ship is very, very different than traveling on the cruise ships you are used to. We took a regular cruise ship excursion, There was a black convention aboard. That's all I'm going to say about that! That experience showed us why we love small ships better!

Great video. thanks :)

Just my opinion but going to Antarctica is hardly a voyage to mars. Lots of people do and these people are making way too much fuss about it. Also spending all the money to go on an uber luxury is a waste of money since you go to Antarctica for what is outside of the ship and not for fancy stuff inside the ship. You can do Antarctica very well for half of what these people spent.

I need to go to see the penguins!

Lots of audio skips in this video. Not really sure what the reason is.

I totally understand "different strokes for different folks" but will never understand spending BIG money for Ice, small mountains, and funny little walking black and white birds that can't fly. Oh well......

$25,000. For a freaking cruise, this world is nuts. Do you understand what you can do, where you can travel for $25,000. This is ridiculous.