Date	Destination
18-Jan-13	Charter flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Ushuaia, Argentina. Embarkation aboard the MS Bremen in Ushuaia, Argentina.  Depart at 18.00 hrs
19-Jan-13	Cape Horn/Chile
20-Jan-13	Passage through the Drake Passage
21-Jan - 28-Jan-13	Weddell Sea, Antarctic Peninsula , Antarctic Circle, South Shetland Islands
29-Jan-30-Jan-13	Passage through the Drake Passage Relaxation at sea
31-Jan-13	Ushuaia/Argentina, arrival 6.00 hrs. Disembarkation and charter flight to Buenos Aires.

Exciting Adventures: Cape Horn, South Shetland Islands and Antarctic Peninsula
The BREMEN sets course for the legendary Cape Horn where, if the weather is good, you will land with the Zodiacs. From the observation platform, you will have excellent views across the South Atlantic - and see eventful days with numerous Zodiac rides and landings ahead of you. We will subsequently be headed for the Weddell Sea - in Brown Bluff, the Zodiacs take you ashore, allowing for encounters with the Adelie penguins that are incubating their eggs in a large colony here. The animals have built their nests between brown table mountains and bizarre moss-covered rock formations. Zodiac landings are planned on Devil Island, too, where you can enjoy an unforgettable panorama of the Antarctic landscape from the observation point. Paulet Island is not only home to around 100,000 Adelie penguins, but also to a large colony of blue-eyed cormorants. Snow petrels and Wilson's storm petrels are nesting between the remnants of old stone huts which bear evidence to a dramatic story - it was here that the men of the Nordenskjoeld Expedition had to spend the winter of 1903 under the most difficult conditions after their ship was destroyed by the ice. A more recent chapter in the history of the discovery of Antarctica will be revealed to you on the Melchior Islands. Here, the guests and crew of the BREMEN 2003 discovered a previously unheard-of island and a channel which have since been officially named "Bremen Island" and "Bremen Channel". Become a discoverer yourself in the famous Paradise Bay, where you will marvel at the indeed paradisiacal and impressive landscape during a Zodiac ride amidst ice floes. Fantastic views of glaciers which the BREMEN slowly sails past also await you on the passage of the Neumayer Channel. After we have cruised through the latter, the Zodiacs will take you ashore in Port Lockroy. This is where the English operated a research station until the 1960s which today accommodates a little museum and the southernmost post office in the world.

Across the Antarctic Circle with Pioneering Spirit
The ice cracks around the reinforced bow of the BREMEN, we advance further and further south, and you are approaching a legendary destination only few people have reached before you - the Antarctic Circle. On Detaille Island, you will be greeted by Adelie penguins and seals when you land with the Zodiacs in order to visit the remnants of an old British research station. 

Perhaps in the company of whales, the BREMEN sets course in a northerly direction again, where you will enjoy additional unforgettable Antarctic moments together with the experienced experts. On Petermann Island, the Zodiacs take you to Adelie and gentoo penguins that share the habitat with skuas - which is why the penguins need to keep a particularly watchful eye on their offspring here. With the Lemaire Channel, one of the most beautiful waterway passages not only in Antarctica, but worldwide awaits you . It was first described by Eduard Dallmann in 1873, who sailed through it during the first German Antarctica expedition. While the BREMEN makes her way through the narrow channel, you will be thrilled by the sight of the snow-covered, spectacularly shaped mountains that rise to heights of up to 1,000 m on either side. Deception Island offers a contrast to the latter - on black lava beaches, volcanic springs invite you for a hot bath - in the middle of Antarctica. On Livingston Island, you will be able to observe chinstrap and gentoo penguins as well as mighty elephant seals - final fascinating encounters on an eventful expedition. …

A change in itinerary may become necessary on this expedition to Antarctica. The captain will decide on the best possible alternatives depending on weather and ice conditions.