Adventure to Antarctica With Coral Reefer Friends

Adventure to Antarctica

with

Coral Reefer Friends

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A Seventh Continent Celebration with coral reefer friends in support of ocean conservation

December 2nd - December 12th, 2022

Fly to the southernmost city in the world and voyage to Antarctica on this music-laden journey to the 7th continent

Join Mac McAnally, Coral Reefer friends, and 150 travelers on an expedition benefitting ocean conservation and the preservation of our planet.

ADVENTURERS

DAYS

VOYAGE OF A LIFETIME

Insider Expeditions invites you on this a once-in-a-lifetime musical expedition to the southernmost seas.This inspiring polar voyage will bring support and awareness to the important work and missions of Ocean Conservancy and Singing For Change, each working to build ocean health and resilience, as well as to advance science-based solutions to protect the ocean from today’s greatest global challenges.

Board our chartered plane from Buenos Aires and take off for the Southernmost City in the World – Ushuaia, Argentina, where you will set sail on the World Navigator, your nautical home and one of the newest and most environmentally friendly ships ever built towards Antarctica. Cruise along ice-filled fjords and among spectacular icebergs in the company of seabirds, penguins, seals, and whales, and enjoy expert-led discussions on the wildlife, geology, and conservation of the remarkable region.

Joined by 10-time CMA Musician of the Year and longtime Coral Reefer band member, Mac McAnally, and other special Coral Reefer friends, this exclusive voyage is limited to 150 tickets and will feature multiple intimate seventh-continent concerts with the musicians, world-class excursions around Antarctica, and plenty of special surprises!

This is more than a journey of a lifetime – it is a chance to visit a place that has beckoned scientists, explorers, adventurers, and artists alike for two centuries as one of the most extraordinary places on the planet.

ABOUT OUR CHARITY PARTNERS

We have partnered with two of the most impactful and innovative philanthropies working on the frontlines of ocean conservation for the future of our planet. This special musical voyage will support and bring awareness to the important work and missions of Ocean Conservancy and Singing For Change.

Your participation will accelerate investment that builds ocean health and resilience, and advance science-based solutions to protect the ocean from today’s greatest global challenges.

ROUTE AT A GLANCE

December 2 | Join the group in Buenos Aires for a welcome dinner and 5-star hotel stay

December 3 | Board our chartered plane and fly to Ushuaia, Argentina (USH), where you will board the ship

December 4 & 5 | Drake Passage Navigation

December 5-9 | Explore Antarctica

December 10 | Drake Passage Navigation

December 11 | Navigating Cape Horn, Chile

December 12 | Arrive in Ushuaia, Argentina and board the evening charter flight back to Buenos Aires where you will catch your flight home

Each day will feature expert talks by our expedition guides, extraordinary meals, and special exclusive programming and music for this once-in-a-lifetime voyage. Days in Antarctica generally have two off-ship excursions each day, along with optional activities such as sea kayaking and paddleboarding if available.

ITINERARY HIGHLIGHTS

This itinerary is subject to change based on weather.

FRIDAY, DEC 2

Changes in Latitudes,
Changes in Attitudes

Fly from your city of origin to Buenos Aires, Argentina
Welcome dinner to kick off the adventure
One night hotel stay at 5-star property in Buenos Aires

SATURDAY, DEC 3

One Particular Harbour

Fly together from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia, Argentina on our chartered plane
Board our luxe nautical home for the next 10 days, the World Navigator
Bon Voyage & Welcome Reception

Sunday, Dec 4

Mother, Mother Ocean,
I have heard your call...

Cross the famed Drake Passage
Environmental Seminar: Exploring & Protecting the World Ocean
Conversation & Concert with 10-time CMA Musician of the Year, Mac McAnally

MONDAY, DEC 5

Life's Good on Our Boat

Enjoy expert talks on wildlife, climate, history, and governance of the Seventh Continent
South End of the World Photography Workshop as we enter the Antarctic Sound
Concert with Coral Reefers!

TUESDAY, DEC 6

Far Side of the World

Arrive in Antarctica and first zodiac landings
Seventh Continent Welcome Celebration and a Meet-and-Greet with Coral Reefer Friends for all travelers
A Seventh Continent Conversation

WedNesday, Dec 7

Cheeseburger in Paradise

Explore Antarctica with zodiac landings
Poolside Luau & Cookout on the sundeck
Coral Reefer Friends Concert aboard the World Navigator

THURSDAY, DEC 8

License to Chill

Explore Antarctica with zodiac landings
See Coral Reefer Friends play an intimate, acoustic, and historic set while traveling through the Seventh Continent
Seventh Continent Concert After-Party

Friday, Dec 9

Life on the Flip Side

Wildlife workshop and final zodiac landings
Polar Plunge before bidding farewell to the Seventh Continent
Bang Your Own Drum: Percussion Workshop with Coral Reefers!

SATURDAY, DEC 10

You've Seen It All

Cross the famed Drake Passage
Enjoy follow up presentations and photo sharing of all the wildlife and wonders we have experienced on the Seventh Continent
Tiki Tundra BBQ Extravaganza

Sunday, DEC 11

Son of a Sailor

A Conversation on Climate Change & Future Generations
High Seas Talent Show & Costume Contest
Seventh Continent Captain’s Dinner & Party for the Planet

Monday, DEC 12

Come Monday

Bid farewell to the southern seas and return as legends to Ushuaia, Argentina
Enjoy some final exploration in this beautiful region of Patagonia
Board our chartered plane back to Buenos Aires, Argentina and then catch your flight home anytime after 8:00PM

This voyage of a lifetime starts and ends in Buenos Aires (EZE). Travelers who do not join the chartered plane from Buenos Aires will be responsible for travel to and from Ushuaia International Airport (USH) in Argentina. We suggest you take the plane so you don’t miss the boat!

Mac and the other Coral Reefer guests will be staying on the World Navigator with us.

Jimmy will be sailing on his own vessel and will be coming on and off our ship for the programmed activities.
Mac and the other Coral Reefer guests will be staying on the World Navigator with us.

Go fast enough to get there,
but slow enough to see…

WELCOME ABOARD

About The World Navigator

Built for the explorer at heart, World Navigator is made for those who believe in experiencing their destinations up close without leaving a major footprint, utilizing state-of-the-art technology that allows for remarkable expeditions with responsible citizenship in mind. Designed for best-in-class polar small ship cruising, World Navigator features four decks of luxurious accommodations, totaling just under 100 staterooms, and provides the best way to enjoy Antarctica while protecting it for future travelers.

A hybrid power management and propulsion system from Rolls-Royce maximizes World Navigator’s fuel efficiency. It consumes as low as one-fifth the fuel used by cruise ships with conventional systems. Two onboard hydro jets propel the vessel at a near-silent cruising speed of five knots. This helps minimize underwater noise so that you can get closer to marine wildlife without disturbing it. A sophisticated, GPS-based Dynamic Position System controls propellers, tunnel thrusters, and hydro jets to maintain the ship’s position avoiding the need for anchors, which harm ocean floor life.

Vessel Highlights

All Inclusive, All The Way

Onboard Amenities

Dining Onboard

Extraordinary Extras

Vessel Highlights

All Inclusive, All The Way

Onboard Amenities

Dining Onboard

Extraordinary Extras

EXTRAORDINARY WILDLIFE

These are some of the amazing friends we will meet on our journey.

Penguins

GENTOO
Weighing up to 11 pounds, the Gentoo is the third-largest species of penguin in the Antarctic. It can swim up to 22 miles per hour, making it one of the fastest penguins in the water. It stands out with its red-orange feet and white triangles around the eyes. Travelers can spot a Gentoo penguin colony at the Penguin Post Office in Port Lockroy.

KING
The King penguin is the second largest of its species. It is most often found in the northern regions of Antarctica and the Falkland Islands. They can grow up to three-feet tall. King penguins move around in colonies of up to several thousand individuals.

CHINSTRAP
The Chinstrap penguin gets its name from the signature black marking around its neck resembling just that. These penguins are known for being bold and agile. They are the second-most common species of penguin found in the Antarctic Peninsula.

SOUTHERN ROCKHOPPER
Tufts of yellow feathers on the sides of their heads give the Southern rockhopper penguin a whimsical appearance. Tourists can watch them climb and hop over rocks, as that is how they got their name. They make their nests on cliff tops and rarely come to land except for molting and mating seasons.

MAGELLANIC
These penguins were named after the explorer Ferdinand Magellan. They are the only species of penguin to dig and nest in burrows on the edge of beaches. They communicate through loud cries that sound like the bray of a donkey, and often the entire colony calls back.

EMPEROR
The Emperor penguin stands at the top of its species as it reaches up to 45 kilograms in weight and 48 inches in height. They’re the only penguins that breed during the winter in Antarctica. They are mostly found on fast-ice, islands of packed ice locked by glaciers.

Albatross

BLACK-BROWED ALBATROSS
The “Prince of the Clouds,” this bird stands out with a nearly all-white plumage and black feathers at the wing tips. The black coloring around the eyes makes them look like they have charcoal markings, giving them their name. They nest in tall cliffs and only lay a single egg in the nest.

WANDERING ALBATROSS
These birds claim the longest wingspan of any bird on the planet at a length of 11.5 feet (3.5 meters). This helps them soar for long distances with minimal wing flapping along the way, allowing them to use even less energy during flight than during rest.

SOUTHERN ROYAL ALBATROSS
Second in size to the wandering albatross, the majestic Southern Royal has a wingspan of 9.8 feet (3 meters). You can often spot these when sailing out in the open waters of Antarctica.

TRISTAN ALBATROSS
Even the most expert of birdwatchers often confuse these with the wandering albatross, as they look so similar. The trick is to look for the darker back on the Tristan. It’s also smaller and native to the Tristan da Cunha archipelago.

LIGHT-MANTLED ALBATROSS
This albatross is distinct from the others of its species due to its fair feathers. But like its brethren, it’s an efficient flier and has glands above the nasal passage to produce a saline solution that helps them expel excess sea salt inhaled while feeding.

Prion

ANTARCTIC PRION
These are the largest of the prion species, but they’re technically part of the Southern Ocean petrel genus. They also go by the names of dove prion and “whale birds” because they like to filter through the water for crustaceans, much like a baleen whale.

SLENDER-BILLED PRION
Also known has thin-billed prions, these seabirds can be found in large quantities, with an estimated population of about 7 million. Their diet consists of zooplankton, a feat achieved by filtering it through their saw-like bill, which gave them their name derived from the Greek prion.

FAIRY PRION
These birds are seen throughout the Southern Hemisphere and are almost as abundant as the slender-billed prion. They’re known for their soft cooing as their mates return to nest at night.

Petrels

SNOW PETREL
This all-white bird is found mostly in South Georgia, the South Sandwich Islands, and the Antarctic Peninsula. They are often seen in flocks sitting atop icebergs or flying over ice floes. The black bill and blue-gray feet are the only colors on its body that distinguish it from the snow and ice scenery.

ANTARCTIC PETREL
These are the southernmost breeding birds on the planet. They appear to run over the water before taking flight and can be seen as far north as New Zealand and Australia during the Antarctic winter.

BLUE PETREL
This is a prime example of pelagic birds, as they stay at sea for most of their lives and only come to shore to breed. You can often see them in flocks that include various species of prion. They’re most often spotted throughout navigation of the Drake Passage and Scotia Sea.

BLACK-BELLIED STORM PETREL
It was once believed that catching sight of these birds portended an oncoming storm, thus how they came by their name. They’ve also been called Mother Carey’s chickens – a slang term for the Virgin Mary – water witches, birds of the devil, and many other monikers. You can usually see them around South Georgia.

WILSON’S STORM PETREL
This is the smallest breeding bird in Antarctica. They art apt at avoiding buffeting winds of a storm by flying in the channels created by the waves. They were named after Alexander Wilson, a Scottish-American naturalist known as the “Father of American Ornithology.”

GIANT PETREL
There are two kinds of giant petrel – Southern with pale green beaks and Northern with red-pink beaks. These are the only birds of the Procellariidae family that have legs strong enough to walk about on land.

DIVING PETRELS
There are three kinds: South Georgia, common, and Magellanic. These are small, plump birds similar to an auk. The common diving petrels are distinguished by an inner web of brown, primary feathers while the Magellanic petrel has a coloring of white below and back on top.

WHITE-CHINNED PETREL
This petrel is also known as a Cape hen, breeding in South Georgia, Campbell Island, and even sometimes in the Falklands. Their name derives from the light coloring of their beaks.

Seals

ELEPHANT SEAL
The males of this species reach sizes of up to 20 feet in length and 4 tons in weight. The females are usually half that size. Adult males develop the trunk around the age of six and use it to amplify their calls during mating season. They come ashore annually to molt and mate. They can most often be spotted in South Georgia.

WEDDELL SEAL
These seals get their name from where they are found in the Weddell Sea. They are recognized by their small heads, short muzzles, and large hind flippers. The Weddell Seal can stay submerged for over an hour when hunting. It spends most of its day in the water or resting on coastal ice.

FUR SEAL
In the Antarctic Peninsula, only immature males can be observed. The fur seal is a carnivorous pinniped like other seals and walruses. It’s a social animal that favors beaches and finds shelter in the surrounding rocks. Mature fur seals are often found in the South Shetland Islands, as well as South Georgia.

Whales

HUMPBACK WHALE
The humpback whale is one of the most active of its species as it often breaches the ocean surface. Passengers sailing around the Antarctic Peninsula and Cape Horn may see these whales slapping their fins and tails on the water’s surface. Humpback whales are most well-known for their haunting, melodious song during mating season.

ORCA
Better known as killer whales, orcas are teethed whales that feed on fish and squid, as well as seals, penguins, and smaller whales. The orca is the only whale known to breed in Antarctic waters. They are known to hunt in packs, much like wolves on land. Orcas can be found in the Antarctic Peninsula and parts of South Georgia.

FIN WHALE
The fin whale is a member of the baleen whale family. In this species, the females are slightly larger than the males. Fin whales are mostly in open ocean waters away from ice, but sometimes can be spotted in the Antarctic Peninsula in areas where the Antarctic waters mix with more temperate water. It is currently an endangered species.

Flora

FLORA IN ANTARCTICA
Although the frozen land and lack of moisture keep most plant life from growing in Antarctica, there are still a few types of organisms that will pique the interest of the scientific mind. Mosses and liverworts of the algae, lichen, fungi and bryophyte variety grow plenty in the Seventh Continent. That’s because these plants tend to have dormant life cycles. This means they don’t have roots, so they don’t have to take in nutrients the way other plants do to survive and thrive.

Of the lichen that lives in Antarctica, there are three types that can be found distributed throughout Maritime Antarctica and the Peninsula:

Foliose – You can identify these by their leaf-like lobes.
Crustose – These form a thin crust on the sub-surfaces on which they grow. Fruticose – When you see a shrubby type of plant growing, you’ve found this lichen.

There’s also snow algae, a distinct subset of the 700 terrestrial and aquatic algae varieties found in Antarctica. It grows in semi-permanent to permanent snow or ice in alpine and polar regions around the world. It’s believed that snow algae mostly appear as chlamydomonads, green algae distinguished by single cells with two flagella at their anterior ends.

Only two vascular plants can be found in the continent: Antarctic hair grass and Antarctic pearlwort. Hair grass undergoes a growth spurt in the summer and is incredibly durable, as it survives the constant trampling of the wildlife in the area. Pearlwort can be found in rocky areas, growing between the cracks of stones like tufts of weed.

The largest marine plant life found in Antarctica is kelp. Durvillaea antarctica – bull kelp – is believed to be the strongest variety in the world, with the ability to withstand the Southern Ocean’s massive seas. It has the one of the fastest growth rates among marine plant life. Kelp provides many organisms with refuge from harsh physical environments.

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SOLD OUT!!

December 2-12, 2022

pricing starts at $25,975 usd per person, all-inclusive.

– A NON-REFUNDABLE deposit of $2,000 is required to secure your spot –

INCLUSIONS

One night 5-star hotel stay in Buenos Aires on 12/2/22 with Welcome Dinner
Round-trip flight on the chartered plane from Buenos Aires [EZE] to Ushuaia [USH] on 12/3/22, and returning to Buenos Aires [EZE] on 12/12/22
10 day, 9 night cruise on the luxury World Navigator in a shared cabin with private facilities
All transportation and programming in Ushuaia to and from our chartered plane and floating paradise
Captain’s champagne welcome reception
Personal meet and greet and photo with Jimmy for you and your traveling companions
Three concert experiences on the voyage, one including Jimmy Buffett and Coral Reefer friends, an acoustic set with Jimmy while traveling in Antarctica, and a third show featuring 10-time CMA Musician of the Year Mac McAnally
All zodiac landings and excursions based on Captain’s Choice
Exclusive, educational content, presentations and activities regarding Antarctica by our English-speaking expedition guides
Plenty of special surprises and swag around this once in a lifetime adventure
All meals aboard – breakfast, lunch, dinner, and afternoon snacks
Unlimited premium pours of beer, wine, spirits, specialty coffee, tea, and soda both on the chartered plane and the World Navigator
Limited wireless internet service included throughout the entire ship where available
Limited edition Antarctica Expedition Parka
Rubber boots and necessary expedition equipment
Exclusive pre-ship packets, including comprehensive packing information and reading materials, and of course a few albums to get you excited for the voyage
Medical evacuation insurance up to $200,000 USD
COVID-19 tests at vessel embarkation (if required)
All gratuities, service taxes, and port fees

EXCLUSIONS

Roundtrip flights/transportation from your home airport to and from Buenos Aires, Argentina
Any additional COVID-19 tests or vaccinations required to travel
Optional ship activities, such as sea kayaking or paddleboarding (if available – weather dependent)
Expenses of a purely personal nature such as gift shop items and laundry
Extra fees in association with luggage in excess of weight allowance
Travel insurance (strongly recommended)
Costs associated with trip interruption or modification due to weather, travel conditions, political/civil disputes, medical emergencies, or other causes beyond our control

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