Ponant Cruises luxury itinerary
Le Commandant Charcot December 28-January 11 2028 CC281228 Cruise & Offers
Ushuaia (Argentina) to Ushuaia (Argentina)
Review Beyond the Antarctic Circle – In the Wake of Jean-Baptiste Charcot, voyage CC281228, with its complete official schedule, accommodation guidance, and current offer assistance.
December 28, 2028 to January 11, 2029 · Voyage CC281228
Destinations & expedition experiences
This published program may be adapted by the captain and expedition team for weather, sea, ice, wildlife, permit or safety conditions. Panels preserve PONANT's planned destinations or regions without turning them into guaranteed landings.
Days 1 & 15
December 28, 2028 & January 11, 2029Ushuaia
Destination overview
Capital of Argentina's Tierra del Fuego province, Ushuaia is considered the gateway to the White Continent and the South Pole. Nicknamed “ El fin del mundo ” by the Argentinian people, this city at the end of the world nestles in the shelter of mountains surrounded by fertile plains that the wildlife seem to have chosen as the ultimate sanctuary.
- Day 1 · December 28, 2028Departure 18:00 · Embarkation: 16:00-17:00
- Day 15 · January 11, 2029Disembarkation: 08:00
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Days 2, 3, 13 & 14
December 29, 2028, December 30, 2028, January 9, 2029 & January 10, 2029Crossing the Drake Passage
Destination overview
PONANT publishes Crossing the Drake Passage as a sailing, scenic or transit segment within Antarctica, rather than as a conventional port call. The dates and any displayed timing reproduce only the verified schedule. Views and wildlife encounters vary with the route, daylight, weather and operating conditions.
- Day 2 · December 29, 2028No port clock time published
- Day 3 · December 30, 2028No port clock time published
- Day 13 · January 9, 2029No port clock time published
- Day 14 · January 10, 2029No port clock time published
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Day 4
December 31, 2028Crossing the Antarctic Circle
Destination overview
PONANT publishes Crossing the Antarctic Circle as a sailing, scenic or transit segment within Antarctica, rather than as a conventional port call. The dates and any displayed timing reproduce only the verified schedule. Views and wildlife encounters vary with the route, daylight, weather and operating conditions.
- Day 4 · December 31, 2028No port clock time published
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Day 4
December 31, 2028The Gullet
Destination overview
The sumptuous landscapes of this narrow channel between Adelaide Island and Graham Land attract all visitors sailing towards Marguerite Bay. It is like an ice palace , its immaculate white walls reflected in the frozen mirror formed by the waters of the Southern Ocean, scattered with icebergs and gleaming blocks of ice.
- Day 4 · December 31, 2028No port clock time published
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Days 5 & 6
January 1, 2029 & January 2, 2029Expedition to Charcot Island
Destination overview
When he discovered this island surrounded by sea ice in 1910 from aboard the Pourquoi Pas ? as he mapped Alexander Island, Jean-Baptiste Charcot had not be able to get less than 40 miles away from it. Situated in a zone that experiences frequent low-pressure systems and regular cloud cover, the island remains in many ways an enigma.
- Day 5 · January 1, 2029No port clock time published
- Day 6 · January 2, 2029No port clock time published
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Day 7
January 3, 2029Bellingshausen Sea
Destination overview
Stretching from the west of the Antarctic Peninsula to the Amundsen Sea, the Bellingshausen Sea was named after the Russian admiral and explorer who has been attributed the first confirmed sighting of mainland Antarctica, in 1820. Among others, its waters surround two of the Antarctic’s largest islands: Alexander Island and Thurston Island.
- Day 7 · January 3, 2029No port clock time published
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Day 8
January 4, 2029At sea aboard Le Commandant Charcot
Destination overview
These published sea days connect the itinerary without a separate port call. Every applicable date is grouped here, and no arrival or departure time is implied when PONANT leaves it unpublished. Time aboard may include open-water views, wildlife observation, lectures and the ship's scheduled onboard program.
- Day 8 · January 4, 2029No port clock time published
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Day 9
January 5, 2029Marguerite Bay
Destination overview
The icebergs are each more majestic than the next and scattered around the deep and intense blue waters of Marguerite Bay , one of the most beautiful regions in the Antarctic. It is delimited in the north by the mountainous Adelaide Island, in the south by George VI Sound and Alexander Island, and in the east by the Fallières Coast.
- Day 9 · January 5, 2029No port clock time published
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Day 10
January 6, 2029Pourquoi Pas Island
Destination overview
Le Commandant Charcot will land on the coast of Pourquoi Pas Island , so named in the 1930s by John Riddoch Rymill in honour of Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who discovered it from aboard his ship Le Pourquoi Pas ? during his second expedition to Antarctica between 1908 and 1910.
- Day 10 · January 6, 2029No port clock time published
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Days 11 & 12
January 7, 2029 & January 8, 2029Antarctic Peninsula
Destination overview
The Antarctic Peninsula presents a changing world of glacier-lined channels, sculpted icebergs and snow-covered peaks. Expedition days may reveal penguin colonies, seals, whales and historic landing places. The captain and expedition team select navigation and landing opportunities according to weather, ice, wildlife and permit conditions.
- Day 11 · January 7, 2029No port clock time published
- Day 12 · January 8, 2029No port clock time published
Verified shore experiences
No destination-specific shore experience is published for this exact voyage and call in the verified source data. Deluxe Cruises can confirm current options before reservation.
Planning note: Times appear only when published for this sailing. Blank times remain unpublished; a source-system midnight placeholder is never treated as a genuine call time.
A closer look at this sailing
Ushuaia (Argentina) to Ushuaia (Argentina) aboard Le Commandant Charcot
On December 28 2028-January 11 2029, Le Commandant Charcot sails 14 nights from Ushuaia (Argentina) to Ushuaia (Argentina). Beyond the Antarctic Circle – In the Wake of Jean-Baptiste Charcot brings together Crossing the Drake Passage, Crossing the Antarctic Circle, The Gullet, creating a specific progression of ports for travelers comparing destination variety and voyage pace.
This route includes an official day-by-day schedule and published port times. The source lists 16 route entries, including embarkation, disembarkation, scenic passages, and any sea days exactly as published.
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