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Hotels by region: Antarctic cruises, Antarctica

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    M/V Hondius

    Cruise ship - ex Ushuaia
    Quick facts - Level: First Class | Passengers: 170 | Duration: 9-20 nights | Length: 353 feet | Cruising speed: 15 knots | Operator: Oceanwide Expeditions

    Built in 2019, Hondius is the world's first-registered Polar Class 6 cruise ship, and is also one of the most environmentally friendly vessels in Antarctica. She has an ice-strengthened hull, and was designed specifically for polar exploration. Hondius has a large observation lounge, a presentation room, library, dining room, bar and infirmary. Read more»
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    M/V Ortelius

    Cruise ship - ex Ushuaia
    Quick facts - Level: Standard | Passengers: 108 | Duration: 10-18 nights | Length: 302 feet | Cruising speed: 10.5 knots | Operator: Oceanwide Expeditions

    Built in Poland in 1989, Ortelius is a comfortable, stable ship with an ice-strengthened hull and is designed specifically for polar exploration. She is manoeuvrable, quiet and fast, with good outside deck space and a large accessible bridge. She also has two dining rooms, a bar, sauna, library and infirmary. Read more»
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    M/V Plancius

    Cruise ship - ex Ushuaia
    Quick facts - Level: First class | Passengers: 114 | Duration: 9-20 nights | Length: 293 feet | Cruising speed: 10.5 knots | Operator: Oceanwide Expeditions

    Plancius was built in 1976 as an oceanographic research vessel for the Royal Dutch Navy. She was bought by Oceanwide Expeditions in 2006 and has been re-built as a comfortable ice-strengthened passenger ship with a restaurant/lecture room, a spacious observation lounge with panoramic views, large open deck spaces, a library, small gym, sauna and an infirmary. Read more»
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    Magellan Explorer and Magellan Discoverer

    Cruise ship - ex Ushuaia (ex Punta Arenas for air cruises)
    Quick facts - Level: First class | Passengers: 96 (88 on air cruise) | Duration: 5-14 nights | Length: Explorer 298 feet, Discoverer: 308 feet | Cruising speed: 14 knots | Operator: Antarctica 21

    Magellan Explorer and Magellan Discoverer are first class sister ships. They have been custom-designed for Antarctic operations with a forward facing observation deck allowing the best wildlife viewing opportunities. They have stabilizers, bow and stern thrusters and ice-detecting radar. They are also equipped with an energy-recovery system that recycles the heat produced by the engines to warm up the ship and its water supply. Both have a library, gym, sauna, bar, lounge, dining room, presentation room and glass-enclosed observation lounge. Read more»
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    Ocean Nova

    Cruise ship - ex Ushuaia (ex Punta Arenas for air cruises)
    Quick facts - Level: Standard | Passengers: 72 (67 on air cruise) | Duration: 5-7 nights | Length: 240 feet | Cruising speed: 12 knots | Operator: Polar Latitudes Expeditions

    Ocean Nova is a comfortable small ship built in 1992 in Denmark, and was later refurbished to include a glass-enclosed observation lounge and presentation room on the top deck. There is a window-lined dining room, library, exercise room, lounge, bar and clinic, and a limited amount of outdoor deck space. The ship is generally based in the Antarctic Peninsula and passengers fly there from Punta Arenas in Chile - a so-called 'air cruise'. Read more»
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    Silver Cloud

    Cruise ship - ex Ushuaia
    Quick facts - Level: Luxury | Passengers: 200 | Duration: 9 nights | Length: 514 feet | Cruising speed: 18 knots | Operator: Silversea

    Refurbished in 2017 Silver Cloud is a very spacious and comfortable ice strengthened ship. She has a total of seven decks with cabins on four of them, plenty of open deck space, five restaurants, a champagne bar, two observation lounges, a lecture theatre, a library, hot tub and heated swimming pool, a fitness centre, spa and beauty salon. Read more»

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