As the first cruise line to combine extreme discovery with uncompromised butler-serviced comfort, Silversea Expeditions offers curious adventurers a matchless, highly immersive experience in the most remote regions of our planet. And few itineraries venture further from the beaten path than ours to the High Arctic and Antarctica.

Imagine this: you’re ensconced aboard an ultra-luxury, state-of-the-art Silversea ship. Your butler has just brought piping hot coffee and fresh croissants up to your suite’s veranda so you can savor the morning sun as it ascends over Antarctic Sound. Crimson red skies give way to dazzling blue as colonies of Adèlie penguins slowly shake themselves awake. The shifting polar ice creaks as Weddell seals roll their splotchy fur coats in a blanket of fresh-fallen snow. Inland, rugged mountains vault skyward over fjords teeming with wildlife you’ll encounter nowhere else. Today, your sole mission is to explore their pristine world up-close – via Zodiac, kayak, trekking on foot – masterfully guided by an Expedition Team chosen for their deep destination knowledge and expertise in fields ranging from marine biology to ornithology, cultural history, photography, and more.

Alternatively, on this same morning, thousands of miles to the Far North, you might find yourself on the observation deck of a comparably plush Silversea vessel off the coast of Svalbard. Throngs of guillemots and razorbills squabble noisily, and just minutes ago, a polar bear mother and cubs were prowling for unwary walruses on the floes. Having attended the naturalist briefing last evening, you know what to expect as you spend this day exploring this ice-clad archipelago perched in the Barents Sea, halfway between Norway and the North Pole. It’s a magnificent frozen world up here, different than northern Iceland, which was the most amazing place on this voyage…until today.

Life is good. Incredibly good, indeed.