Antarctica & South Georgia
South Georgia ranks as one of the most dramatic of all expedition cruise destinations - Huge peaks dissected by glaciers dominate the interior, whilst the coastline, where even vaguely flat, is inhabited by vast, really vast - 100,000+ - colonies of penguins as well as Elephant seals, 3 million fur seals, albatrosses, meat eating ducks and whales off shore.
A visit to the historic settlement of Grytviken with its whaling era remnants is one of the highlights of South Georgia.
One significant and historic site that will be of interest is the grave of the great explorer, Sir Ernest Shackleton. Visiting his grave at the settlement of Grytviken, which is also home to an old whaling station and a research station, is a day for reflecting on what it must have been like to be one of the first explorers to this unforgiving, yet beautiful environment.