Viking Octantis

Sailing through the ice: an epic Antarctic cruise on the stylish Viking Octantis

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(Viking Octantis) It was about 10 hours into our journey through the swirling Drake Passage when I realized I was suffering from a strange kind of cabin fever. Sailing aboard Viking Cruises’ Viking Octantis ship, we were already a quarter of the way through the notoriously temperamental canal that connects the southernmost tip of Argentina … Read more

How an Antarctic cruise passenger’s illness led to the discovery of a new penguin colony

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The ship encountered a colony of chinstrap penguins at Diaz Rock – Alamy, Sarak Knapton The remote Antarctic island of Diaz Rock was supposed to be deserted, but when penguin experts trained their binoculars on the rock, little eyes looked back. While guarding their ascetic stone nests, a completely undiscovered colony of chinstrap penguins emerged, … Read more