With its Arctic season now under way, Quark Expeditions is already looking ahead to next year with the release of a robust Antarctic 2023-24 season with nine itineraries designed to empower travellers to tap into their inner explorer during some of the most immersive polar voyages available in the expedition industry.

“With our Antarctic ‘23-24 season, we want more than ever before to take travellers beyond the predictable and the ordinary during their polar voyage,” says Thomas Lennartz, VP of Sales for Quark Expeditions. “Quark Expeditions has always explored Antarctica differently from other operators, and in the Antarctic ‘23-24 season we’ll heighten our efforts to take our guests to explore like never before. Our data has been very clear: Guests just don’t want to see things. They want to experience them. They want to venture farther than most others dream of, and to discover nature at its rawest.”

As Lennartz points out, travellers are eager to explore alongside highly seasoned polar experts, and he enthuses, “If you really want to see a penguin, our expedition team – the best in the industry – will take you to a nesting spot of a quarter million. Will you be content to take another cruise? Or would you prefer to cruise 1,000 feet over the untouched Antarctic wilderness in a twin-engine helicopter? Do you want to explore off the beaten path in Antarctica? Or will you let us take you to where there are no paths at all? The choice for our guests: Do you want to go on vacation? Or go on the expedition of a lifetime?”

Quark Expeditions’ Antarctic 2023-24 itineraries (over 50 departures) range from eight to 23 days:

• Antarctic Express: Fly the Drake (8 days)
• Antarctic Express: Crossing the Circle (11 days)
• Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent (10, 11 or 12 days)
• Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent plus Cape Horn & Diego Ramirez (13 days)
• Crossing the Circle: Southern Expedition (14 days)
• Essential Patagonia: Chilean Fjords and Torres del Paine (15 days)
• South Georgia and Antarctic Peninsula: Penguin Safari (16 days)
• Falklands, South Georgia, and Antarctica: Explorers and Kings (20 days)
• Epic Antarctica: Crossing the Circle via Falklands (Malvinas) & South Georgia (23 days)

Specializing exclusively in expeditions to Antarctica and the Arctic, Quark Expeditions has been leading polar adventure since 1991, offering a diverse fleet of specially equipped small expedition vessels and icebreakers – some of them equipped with helicopters. Expedition teams, include scientists, wildlife experts and researchers, with onboard programs designed to enrich the passenger experience.