White Desert — For A Better World

WHITE DESERT ANTARCTICA

This trip combines the magnificent Emperor Penguins with a flight to the southernmost point on earth - the Geographic South Pole.

Emperor penguins and the South Pole, Antarctica

THE EXPERIENCE

5 hour private jet (Gulfstream G550) flight from Cape Town, South Africa to Antarctica.

Whichaway luxury camp with state-of-the-art sleeping pods, hot showers, lounge and dining room, award-winning chef.

7 hour flight from Whichaway Camp to the Admundsen-Scott South Pole – the lowest point on earth.

2 hour flight from the camp to see the Emperor Penguin colony.

8 day trip.

Daily activities to suit all fitness levels: Ice tunnels, mountain climbing, abseiling, ice climbing, rock climbing, rope walk, 4 x 4 excursions, adventurer’s picnic, research station visits, zipline, polar talks.

WOLF’S FANG RUNWAY

The runway is overlooked by one of the most magnificent and iconic mountains on the entire continent, named ‘Wolf’s Fang’ by the early Norwegian explorers. After landing on the ancient blue ice, you will be surrounded by massive monoliths of rock that rise vertically from the glacier.

Once in Antarctica, you will be transferred by a Basler BT-67 to our luxury camp at Whichaway Oasis. Flight time: 30 minutes.

As part of our responsibility towards conserving Antarctica, all emissions from our operations, including all flights to, from and within the continent, are offset by fully-accredited carbon-neutral schemes.

WHICHAWAY OASIS

On the edge of the Great White Continent lies the Schirmacher Oasis, an ice-free area that contains over 100 freshwater lakes. This is the site of the unique camp - Whichaway Oasis.

Whichaway consists of a collection of hi-tech polar domes set on the shores of a frozen lake and encircled by a magnificent 60-metre (200-foot) icefall. It is warm and comfortable, and the perfect home base for daily activities or when you want to just simply relax.

EMPEROR PENGUIN COLONY

Your visit to the penguins begins with a 2.5 hour flight to Atka Bay, the site of the first episode of Sir David Attenborough’s ground-breaking documentary Seven Worlds, One Planet. Here you’ll see over 14,000 breeding pairs and their newly-hatched chicks, a spectacle full of noise and energy that is a favourite with wildlife watchers and photographers.

There are so few visitors to this colony that the chicks are unafraid of humans and often waddle close by. Mindful of our responsibility to the Antarctic environment and of IAATO guidelines, we keep at least 25m (80ft) from the penguins while taking in all the sights and sounds of this rare wildlife spectacle, which remains one of the greatest thrills on Earth!

THE GEOGRAPHIC SOUTH POLE

At the heart the Great White Continent lies the South Pole, one of only two stationary points on this rotating Earth! At exactly 90 degrees of latitude, you can walk around the world in only a few paces and marvel at a place where there is no more east, south or west – the only direction is north!

The American Amundsen-Scott research station is the backdrop to this most exceptional place, whose discovery ranks as one of the greatest feats of human The Amundsen-Scott exploration ever known.