南极-威德尔海-寻找帝企鹅（含直升机）

你的航行从世界尽头的地方开始。阿根廷乌斯怀亚被誉为地球上最南端的城市，位于南美洲最南端。从下午开始，您将从这个位于Tierra del Fuego的小型度假小镇出发，绰号“世界尽头”，并在晚上的剩余时间里乘坐山区流浪的比格尔海峡。
Your voyage begins where the world drops off. Ushuaia, Argentina, reputed to be the southernmost city on the planet, is located on the far southern tip of South America. Starting in the afternoon, you embark from this small resort town on Tierra del Fuego, nicknamed “The End of the World,” and sail the mountain-fringed Beagle Channel for the remainder of the evening.

在Drake Passage的接下来的两天里，您将享受到首次绘制这些地区的极地探险家所遇到的一些相同经历：凉爽的海风，绵延起伏的海水，甚至是喷出海浪的长须鲸。经过南极汇合 - 南极洲的自然边界，在北方流动的冷水与较温暖的亚南极海域相撞时形成 - 你处于环绕南极上升流区。
Over the next two days on the Drake Passage, you enjoy some of the same experiences encountered by the great polar explorers who first charted these regions: cool salt breezes, rolling seas, maybe even a fin whale spouting up sea spray. After passing the Antarctic Convergence – Antarctica’s natural boundary, formed when north-flowing cold waters collide with warmer sub-Antarctic seas – you are in the circum-Antarctic upwelling zone.

海洋生物不仅会改变，鸟类的生命也会发生变化。漂泊的信天翁，灰头信天翁，黑眉信天翁，淡淡的烟灰色信天翁，披风鸽，南部富勒雀，威尔逊的风暴海燕，蓝色海燕和南极海燕是你可能会看到的一些鸟类。
Not only does the marine life change, the avian life changes too. Wandering albatrosses, grey-headed albatrosses, black-browed albatrosses, light-mantled sooty albatrosses, cape pigeons, southern fulmars, Wilson’s storm petrels, blue petrels, and Antarctic petrels are a few of the birds you might see.

您可以通过南极之声驶入威德尔海。在这里，巨大的平板冰山预示着您抵达南极半岛的东侧。在游轮的这一部分，搜索皇帝企鹅。使用船只和直升机，你很有可能找到它们。您也可以享受观光飞行，如果条件允许，直升机着陆在一年中的这个时候无法到达。
直升机航班是真正的旅行换乘者，可能包括：
南极湾的西坡 - 这个区域的西侧很少见到空中，虽然景观真的值得飞行：分层砂岩，熔岩流，冰川，冰山和冰块延伸至眼睛可以看到。在浮冰上经常有单独的帝企鹅和阿德利企鹅，以及海带鸥，贼鸥和各种品种的海燕。锯齿状的山峰刺穿了雪，巨大的冰墙在下面的山坡上破碎。
You may sail into the Weddell Sea via the Antarctic Sound. Here huge tabular icebergs herald your arrival to the eastern side of the Antarctic Peninsula. During this part of the cruise, the search is on for emperor penguins. Using both the vessel and helicopters, there’s a good chance you’ll find them. You might also enjoy scenic flights, and if conditions allow, helicopter landings in locations otherwise out of reach this time of year.
Helicopter flights are a true trip changer, and may include:
The west slopes of the Antarctic Sound – The western side of this area is only rarely seen from the air, though the landscape is truly worth the flight: Layered sandstones, lava flows, glaciers, icebergs, and pack-ice extend as far as the eye can see. There are often individual emperor penguins and Adélie penguins on the ice floes, as well as kelp gulls, skuas, and various breeds of petrel. Jagged mountain peaks stab through the snow, and enormous walls of ice lie shattered on the slopes below.

第5天至第6天:(如果前往雪山岛的路线没有多年冰块，则可选择进行替代计划 - 概率低于50％）
直升机为到达帝企鹅群提供了优势，但大自然制定了南极洲的规则。如果条件有利，您将在企鹅群中度过前两天。直升机操作需要一整天，飞行时间约为15分钟。每架直升机每次飞行可容纳4-6名乘客，并且精心选择着陆点，以免企鹅受到干扰。抵达现场后，步行约45分钟即可抵达该地区。请记住，你是世界上最偏远的地区：没有任何保证。条件可能会迅速变化，这可能对我们的直升机运营产生深远的影响。理解并尊重这一点很重要。安全是我们最关心的问题，不能妥协。
杜斯湾（Duse Bay） - 一架飙升的直升机飞行可能会将您送到靠近一个俯瞰这个海湾的旧避难所小屋的岩石小丘上。一年中的这个时候仍然有很多冰雪，但是这个地方的大部分步行都是在冰霜破碎的岩石上覆盖着各种形状和颜色的地衣。
Duse Bay – A soaring helicopter flight may deposit you on a rocky hillock close to an old refuge hut overlooking this bay. There’s still a lot of snow and ice this time of year, but much of the walk in this location is over frost-shattered rock covered with lichen of all shapes and colors.

西摩岛 - 这是1901年的瑞典南极探险 - 4在极端条件下肆虐的地方。沉积岩，化石和广阔的景观定义了这个位置。
魔鬼岛（Devil Island） - 这是一个大型殖民地阿德利企鹅（Adéliepenguins）的所在地，这个岛屿为喜欢踏上山顶的徒步旅行者提供了一个壮丽的有利位置。融化的冰有时形成一个瀑布从靠近Cape Well-met的悬崖上掉下来。
Seymour Island – This is where the Swedish Antarctic Expedition of 1901 – 4 wintered under harrowing polar conditions. Sedimentary rock, fossils, and expansive views define this location.
Devil Island – Home to a large colony of Adélie penguins, this island offers a magnificent vantage point for hikers willing to foot it to the top of the hill. Melting ice sometimes forms a waterfall dropping from the cliffs close to Cape Well-met.

布朗断崖（Brown Bluff） - 也许是南极大陆整个北端最风景优美的地方：纯粹的峡谷壁，坍塌的巨石，美丽的火山冰盖。一个巨大的阿德利企鹅群居住在这里，还有一只巴布亚企鹅和筑巢的雪花。
Gourdin Island - Chinstrap，gentoo和Adélie企鹅喜欢这个岛屿，这是您继续进行南极探险的另一个登陆选择。
埃斯佩兰萨基地 - 这个阿根廷研究站全年运营，是南极洲仅有的两个民用定居点之一，可作为替代登陆点。
Brown Bluff – Maybe the most scenic location in the entire northern tip of the Antarctic Continent: sheer canyon walls, fallen boulders, beautiful volcanic creations capped with ice. A large Adélie penguin rookery lives here, with gentoo penguins and nesting snow petrels also to be found.
Gourdin Island – Chinstrap, gentoo, and Adélie penguins love this island, which is yet another landing option for your continuing Antarctic adventure.
Esperanza Base – This Argentine research station, which operates year-round and is one of only two civilian settlements in Antarctica, could serve as an alternative landing site.

早上，您可以前往欺骗岛进行最后一次登陆，无论是在Pendulum Cove还是Whalers Bay。德雷克海峡的条件决定了确切的出发时间。
In the morning, you sail to Deception Island for the last landing of the voyage, either at Pendulum Cove or Whalers Bay. Conditions on the Drake Passage determine the exact time of departure.

你的回程远非孤独。穿过德雷克时，你会再次被从南面通道记忆下的大量海鸟欢迎。但是现在他们似乎对你更熟悉，而你对他们来说也是如此。
Your return voyage is far from lonely. While crossing the Drake, you’re again greeted by the vast array of seabirds remembered from the passage south. But they seem a little more familiar to you now, and you to them.

你的回程远非孤独。穿过德雷克时，你会再次被从南面通道记忆下的大量海鸟欢迎。但是现在他们似乎对你更熟悉，而你对他们来说也是如此。
Your return voyage is far from lonely. While crossing the Drake, you’re again greeted by the vast array of seabirds remembered from the passage south. But they seem a little more familiar to you now, and you to them.

每一次探险，无论多么伟大，终将结束。 现在是在乌斯怀亚下船的时候了，但无论您的下一次探险在哪里，都会伴随着您的回忆。
Every adventure, no matter how grand, must eventually come to an end. It’s now time to disembark in Ushuaia, but with memories that will accompany you wherever your next adventure lies.