Pre-tour Itinerary

The following is the originally publicized itinerary for the Marco Polo's Grand Antarctic Circumnavigation tour. Also included, however, are hyperlinks to the daily journal entries I made while on the tour itself. The actual cruise schedule and the intinerary do not always match up, which should be expected since weather and ice conditions often prevented following the itinerary exactly.

Hyperlinks in the date entries of the itinerary are to my journal entries. Hyperlinks in the descriptions after each date are to the sections in the Orient Lines brochures that describe each location.

From the 1993/94 Orient Lines Marco Polo brochure...

Grand Antarctic Circumnavigation

Itinerary

Day     Port

Jan 26  Depart USA
Jan 27  Arrive at Punta Arenas, Chile (transfer to Marco Polo)

Cruise Schedule

Exact itinerary and ports of call dependent on ice conditions, weather and wildlife in Antarctica

Day     Port

Jan 27  Punta Arenas (embark 11:00pm)
Jan 28  Beagle Channel
        Ushuaia, Argentina (arrive 6:00pm)
Jan 29  Ushuaia (depart 6:00pm)
Jan 30  Drake Passage
Jan 31  Hope Bay
Feb  1  Paradise Bay
        Port Lockroy
Feb  2  Port Lockroy
        Lemaire Channel
        Penola Strait
Feb  3  Adelaide Island
        Stonington Island
Feb  4  Alexander Island
Feb  5  Bellinghousen Sea
        Amundsen Sea
Feb  8  Ross Sea
Feb 10  Ross Sea (cross date line)
Feb 11  McMurdo Station
Feb 12  McMurdo Station
        Cape Evans
        Cape Royds
Feb 13  Cape Hallett
Feb 14  Cape Adare
Feb 15  Cross Antarctic Circle
Feb 16  Cruise Southern Ocean
Feb 18  Christchurch, New Zealand (arrive 1:00pm)
Feb 19  Christchurch, return to USA

You might want to see the list of expedition leaders and guest speakers now...

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