Antarctica

As the coldest, windiest and driest continent, an expedition to Antarctica is not for the faint of heart. Teeming with geological phenomena, from its towering mountain ranges, such as the Ellsworth Mountains and the Transantarctic Range, to its astonishing glaciers, some larger than entire countries, and its majestic icebergs that float in serenity through the ocean, a trip to Antarctica is a voyage to the very edge of the world…

Covered by a colossal ice sheet that holds approximately 90% of the world’s ice and spanning over 14 million square kilometers (5.4 million square miles), its glistening land mass is larger than Europe or Australia, but Antarctica is not a lifeless wasteland: a plethora of wildlife, both on water and land, have carved their home out of this environmental extremity, from the charming and garrulous penguins to the languid seals, as well as birds like the albatross and petrel, and who can forget the titanic blue whales of the ocean…