![]() The ship arrives in Australia in December. If Alaska is calling, try the seven-night Alaska Dawes Glacier sailing, out of Seattle, aboard Celebrity Edge. There’s also a port stop at Shimizu for views of Mt Fuji, covered in snow.Ĭelebrity Edge has some of the most luxurious suites at sea. Explore snow-covered temples, or visit one of Japan’s smaller ski resorts within the city limits (like Hirogawara), which caters for beginners. It’s a Tokyo roundtrip voyage, including two nights in Kyoto, with the chance to enjoy an open-air onsen surrounded by snow-capped mountains. The 12-night Best of Japan winter sailing aboard Celebrity Millenium also fits the bill. A number of sailings are available, including from September 7, 2024. Prices start from $8371 per person in the spacious Aqua rooms with unlimited access to SEA Thermal Suite (a spa with eight separate treatment rooms), and exclusive dining at Blu. Shore excursions include a visit to Reykjavik’s Blue Lagoon thermal hot springs, ice cave dining, and glacier hiking on Vatnajökull. For a winter feel, Celebrity suggests the intriguing combination of an Iceland & Scotland sailing across 11 nights, aboard Celebrity Apex, departing from the English port of Southampton. This stylish line is known for keeping the fun quota high with a party atmosphere always in play on its innovative ships. Iceland’s Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon is a sight to behold, with the vast Vatnajökull glacier visible on the horizon.Ĭelebrity Cruises – established in the late 1980s by the Greek Chandris shipping company (founded in 1960 by Anthony Chandris to operate ocean liners between Greece and Australia) – now forms part of the Royal Caribbean group. The world’s only French-flagged cruise line, Ponant, is also celebrating all things French in 2024, by flagging one of their 26 Arctic sailings around Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Canada as the perfect chaser trip on the back of a visit to the Paris Summer Olympics (July 26 to August 11, 2024). A 20-square-metre prestige stateroom for this voyage is priced from $69,040 (for two people). You’ll also see Pourquoi-Pas Island, named in honour of his ship. A little further south is the main site of his second expedition: Marguerite Bay – named after his wife. Revisit the locations most strongly associated with Charcot, such as Salpêtrière Bay, which he visited during his first expedition, conducted aboard Le Français. The roundtrip from Usuhuaia trip departs on December 12. The itinerary celebrates the French explorer and oceanographer who charted the region of the Antarctic Peninsula in the early 1900s, and whom after the icebreaker is named. Venture far south on a new 16-day voyage, In the wake of Jean-Baptiste Charcot (1867-1936). Since Le Commandant Charcot, a PC2 hybrid-electric LNG powered luxury icebreaker, was launched in March 2020, it has taken luxury cruising in remote polar regions to new levels. Snowshoeing towards Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot at Hanusse Bay in Antarctica ensures you get up your exercise quota. ![]() Here are some of our favourite “snow and ice spotting” itineraries, whereby you can admire a wintry wonderland landscape, and perhaps even tack on a nearby ski trip if desired. ![]() Sitting in a sauna or lazing before a flickering fire onboard a luxury liner – gazing out at a wintry ocean flanked by snow-capped mountains – is one of the great pleasures of travel. ![]()
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