Antarctica : Antarctic Odyssey

Based at Union Glacier Camp, located at 79º south and just 1100kms from the South Pole, you will spend your days exploring the breath-taking environment around you. Optional activities include cross-country ski-ing, hiking, climbing, camping trips, snowmobile excursions and a sight-seeing flight over this unique landscape. This package offers the chance to live and breathe the continent, gaining an appreciation of its incredible pull on explorers, adventurers and mountaineers over the years. 

UNION GLACIER CAMP
Nestled within the heartland of Antarctica, Union Glacier’s private camp is a friendly and welcoming base for this tour. Housing up to 80 visitors in expedition style two-person tents that have been specially designed for the polar regions, the camp offers comfort and security in one of the most extreme environments on the planet. With 24 hour daylight during the summer months it is weather conditions rather than clocks that dictate activities and schedules at Union Glacier.

The heated expedition dining tent is truly the heart of the camp and serves as a cosy gathering place for guests to relax and discuss the day’s adventures over a coffee and snack. The cooks prepare three tasty meals a day from diverse menus and are accompanied by a variety of beers and Chilean wines. To minimise environmental impact ‘sponge bath’ washing facilities are utilised or you can always brave a ‘snow bath’ – which is as cold as it sounds!

ACTIVITIES AT UNION GLACIER
Your stay at Union Glacier can be as energetic or relaxed as you wish with activities on offer generally only limited by enthusiasm and imagination. Active pursuits include cross-country skiing, hiking, light climbing, camping trips and snow-machine assisted tours taking you out into the scenic peaks nearby. They are complemented by more leisurely indoor activities including lectures about Antarctica and exploration. You’ll certainly be grateful for the 24 hours of daylight. Photographers are sure to appreciate the unusual wind-sculpted snow features, ice pools, dramatic peaks, spectacular open skies and cloud formations, as well as the golden light cast by the austral summer.