Antarctica
Peninsula
destinations

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These sites
are especially popular

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Half Moon Island
Named for its lunar-like shape. Visitors see a variety of wildlife, including chinstrap penguins and seals.

Hope Bay
Situated at the peninsula's northern point. There are many adelie penguins. The adjoining waters earned their sobriquet, "Iceberg Alley".

Lemaire and Neumayer Channels
Your ship sails through two narrow, steep-sided, spectacular icy waterways.

Lemaire & Neumayer

Paradise Harbor
Many a visitor calls it Antarctica's most photogenic spot.

Paradise Harbor

Wiencke Island
Home of Port Lockroy. Part of this former British military base was converted into a museum. Many gentoo penguins inhabit the area.

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