Scott & Shackleton’s Antarctic - Ross Sea Expedition
Dunedin – Dunedin | 21 nights aboard Le Soléal | 26th January to 16 February 2026
From AU$32,770 per person in a Deluxe Stateroom Deck 3 with Private Balcony
From AU$34,515 per person in a Prestige Stateroom Deck 4 with Private Balcony
Inclusions:
Transfer from Dunedin Airport to Hotel.
1 Night pre-cruise hotel stay at Scenic City Hotel or similar.
21 nights onboard Le Soleal.
Onboard inclusions: all meals plus 24/7 Room Service, Open Bar (with French Champagne, wine, beers, spirits and cocktails), complimentary Wifi, onboard entertainment, expedition outings and activities with experienced guides.
A voyage to the Ross Sea is an epic adventure exploring the least visited, wildest and historically significant destinations Antarctica has to offer. Regarded as the ‘heart of Antarctica’, it is undoubtedly one of the most pristine and untouched landscapes on Earth, accessible to only the privileged few. The Ross Sea is the largest ocean wilderness left on our planet home to 12 whale species, 5 seal species and the world’s largest colonies of Adélie penguins. Located as far south as one can go by sea, the Ross Sea became the launching point for the race to the South Pole during the ‘Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration’. Your voyage will follow in the footsteps of the great explorers including James Clark Ross, Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton. On route to and from the Ross Sea you will also have the opportunity to discover the prolific and unique flora and fauna of the NZ Subantarctic Islands.
Subject to numbers this expedition may be hosted by a member of The Private Travel Company.
Voyage Highlights:
•Outings and shore visits in zodiac inflatables with a team of experienced naturalist guides
•UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Macquarie Island and New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands (Campbell and the Snares islands)
•Visit the Ross Sea, the most pristine piece of ocean on earth.
•Follow in the footsteps of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration and have the opportunity to explore the historic huts of Scott, Shackleton and Borchgrevink.
•The opportunity to see 9 of the world’s penguin species.
•Opportunity to view the Ross Ice shelf, the massive Dryglaski Ice Tongue and the phenomenal Scott Coast
•Gain an insight into the history and the diversity of flora and fauna from your expert expedition team.
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Featured guest Richard McElrea
Co-author of Polar Castaways; The Ross Sea Party (1914-17) of Sir Ernest Shackleton (2004) and co-produced a book on Shackleton’s first expedition - Shackleton’s Lieutenant, the Nimrod diary of A.L.A. Mackintosh, British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09 (1990). He has been President of NZ Antarctic Society, and later Chair of Antarctic Heritage Trust, he was part of the early conservation planning for the historic sites in the Ross Sea Region, now Specially Protected Areas under the Antarctic Treaty.
