Oceanwide Expeditions reaches Snow Hill emperor penguin colony
Yesterday Oceanwide Expeditions (Nov. 22) reached the remote emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island for the second year running. Using the helicopters staged aboard its vessel Ortelius, Oceanwide flew passengers to this rarely visited Antarctic location, then led small hiking groups toward the site – one of the largest breeding colonies of the world’s most iconic penguin species.
Since Snow Hill Island is usually inaccessible, this momentous event (which comes just in time for our 25th anniversary) bodes well for our 2019 voyages to Antarctica’s great Weddell Sea.
“We had a fantastic day with the Emperors at Snow Hill”
Seizing this extraordinary event, one of our expert guides wrote us a beautiful letter detailing the life-changing experience of visiting one of Antarctica’s most precious (and least-visited) penguin colonies. (Read it)
