Landing Spotlight – Danco Island Danco Island is a favorite landing site, offering spectacular views, hiking, and wildlife spotting in the Errera Channel, near Neko Harbour. It’s an excellent day of adventure on many of our itineraries. Danco Island is...
Meet The Team – Mattias The staff that make up the Polar Latitudes expedition and home teams are much more than a team – we are a tight knit family. Most of us voyage together year after year, sharing a deep love for Antarctica. We take immense pleasure in...
The Adèlie Penguin At the end of our voyages, the chatter continues about different wildlife sightings and experiences. It’s not uncommon to have a friendly discussion on what animal you enjoyed seeing best. Between the four species of penguins we typically see on...
Orca Orca or ‘killer whales’ might be one of the most well-known and distinctive creatures that we encounter on our voyages to Antarctica. Identifiable by their distinguishing black and white markings, Orca are often spotted hunting and sometimes even putting on a...
Landing Spotlight – Neko Harbour Neko Harbour is located on the Eastern shore of Andvord Bay and is considered a continental landing as it is part of the Antarctic Peninsula. Kayaking is one of the many activities guests can enjoy while visiting Neko Harbour...
Landing Spotlight – Deception Island One of the most unusual locations we visit is Deception Island, a volcanic island in the South Shetland Islands archipelago. This horseshoe-shaped island is home to thousands of chinstrap penguins and is also a former whaling...
Antarctica Themed Cocktails The Polar Latitudes staff is REALLY missing Antarctica right about now and we’re also feeling a bit bored of our liquor cabinets, to be honest. Since May 13th is World Cocktail Day, we thought why not get creative, connect with our inner...
Arctic Tern They are elegant, beautiful and remarkable birds that fly extraordinary distances. Whether you embark on one of our journeys to the Southern or Northern Hemisphere, you might see this pole-to-pole traveller known for undertaking the longest migration...
Landing Spotlight: Port Lockroy Port Lockroy is located in a bay on the north-western shore of Wiencke Island just off the Antarctic Peninsula. It is Antarctica’s single most visited landing site, and rightly so with its famous post office and fascinating history. A...
Antarctic Sites – Elephant Island Elephant Island is one of our most popular places to visit. From above, this spectacular place looks like an elephant head and trunk and is home to hundreds of elephant seals. Located just 150 miles off the tip of the Antarctic...
