Category: Stories & Inspiration

Over the years I’ve been lucky enough to cruise to Antarctica nearly a dozen times. I’ve sailed on old-style expedition cruise ships, boutique ships with modern X-Bow designs and skipped the Drake Passage altogether on a Fly & Cruise trip to the Antarctic Peninsula.  On my most recent trip, I joined the Scenic Eclipse for […]

August 11 is a big day in the Antarctic calendar because it’s World Krill Day. It’s the one day of the year where we turn our attention from all our charismatic favourites like penguins and humpback whales, and we focus our attention on the tiny creatures without whom the Southern Ocean would be an empty […]

All travel produces carbon emissions, whether you’re driving to the supermarket or flying to a holiday destination. As a travel company specialising in Antarctica, where the effects of climate change can be observed, we believe the industry has a special responsibility to reduce emissions. In 2022, members of the International Association of Antarctic Tour Operators […]

For those of us living in the northern hemisphere, the approach of summer is all about taking things easy and relaxing into thoughts of a nice holiday – perhaps somewhere hot, with a beach. Down in the southern hemisphere, the seasons are reversed, and Antarctica sleeps in the freezing darkness of the austral winter. Only […]

Since its launch in 2021, the expedition cruise ship Ultramarine operated by Quark Expeditions has rapidly become a popular choice for Swoop Antarctica passengers. Its modern design, 1A+ ice class rating (putting it just shy of being an actual icebreaker), 199 berths and broad suite of adventure activities have all helped establish its place in […]

Nature documentaries showcasing Antarctica’s wildlife have often played a key role in inspiring people to fall in love with the White Continent. In recent years, few sequences have amazed viewers as much as the dramatic behaviour of pack ice killer whales, shown in the BBC’s Frozen Planet and Frozen Planet II series hunting seals by […]

Every April 24, we celebrate Antarctic Ambassadors Day, which is an opportunity to celebrate one of the most extraordinary places on our planet – as well as inspiring people to take steps towards protecting a destination where environmental changes can impact us all. To learn more, we spoke to Steve Jones, Chair of IAATO’s Antarctic […]

We’ve always known that going to Antarctica would be the trip of a lifetime, but for some of our travellers it’s even more special than that. At Swoop, we love helping people who want to get married in Antarctica, and recently, we helped Trevor and Madeleine from Colorado to make their dreams of a polar […]