23 November 2018
Using the helicopters staged aboard its vessel Ortelius, Oceanwide flew passengers to this rarely visited Antarctic location, then led small hiking groups toward the site – one of the largest breeding colonies of the world’s most iconic penguin species.
Since Snow Hill Island is usually inaccessible, this momentous event (which comes just in time for the operator’s 25th anniversary) bodes well for the 2019 voyages to Antarctica’s great Weddell Sea.
