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Highlights

Le Commandant Charcot—Polar Odysseys
Experience the Magic Up North in the Summer of 2022 & 2023
PONANT & Smithsonian Journeys
Discover the Mediterranean in 2022

Le Commandant Charcot

Beyond Exploration

Experience authentic polar odysseys to the ends of the world.

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Summer 2022 & 2023

Get Some Northern Exposure

Embark aboard our luxury ships in summer 2022 & 2023 and depart for an authentic adventure through the captivating scenery of the North!

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Enriched to Inspire

PONANT | Smithsonian Journeys

Join us on curated, all inclusive itineraries which feature Smithsonian Journeys experts and included excursions that celebrate our instinct to explore.

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The Mediterranean

Greece, Croatia, Sardinia, Corsica... Discover our itineraries.

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Navigate to the novel and unknown: Discover the new Le Commandant Charcot website.
Live an immersive digital experience deep at the heart of extreme lands and environments, as if you were really there.

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Our ships

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Sisterships
Ponant Explorers
Polar Explorer

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Sisterships

Ponant Explorers

Polar Explorer

Why Ponant ?

Discover the exclusive benefits of PONANT

Luxurious small ships

French art of living
and refined gastronomy

World Leader of
Luxury Expeditions

Your trip
organized from A to Z

The protection of
the environment

Inspirations

A selection of inspiring content to help you prepare for your next cruise.

A day in Livingston

A break in Guatemala’s most Caribbean city

PONANT & Smithsonian Journeys

A unique alliance

PONANT Expeditions

PONANT expeditions offer a blend of luxury, adventure, and exploration aboard intimate yachts to every corner of the globe.

Head to Croatia

Le Commandant Charcot is on Instagram

Follow the adventures of this high polar exploration ship in pictures

Travel to the Seychelles

Embark on an unspoilt archipelago in the heart of the Indian Ocean

"It was a double discovery, both of the virgin nature of these islands lost in the middle of the Indian Ocean and of the quality of the organisation on board, the kindness, the attention of the catering service, the professionalism of the crew and its Captain." Francis B., back from the Seychelles, on board Le Lapérouse.