Perfect Alliance: PONANT EXPLORATIONS & The Explorers Club
The Explorers Club
PONANT EXPLORATIONS' alliance with The Explorers Club (TEC) offers a truly unique experience of research and exploration. Join us as we venture to some of the world's most remote corners on curated travel programs in destinations like Antarctica, the Arctic, and the Pacific and Indian Oceans. These itineraries will host esteemed speakers from The Explorers Club—as well Explorers Club Science Grantees aboard select departures—to enhance your voyage and drive scientific discovery.
Featured cruises
Beyond the Antarctic Circle – In the Wake of Jean-Baptiste Charcot
From
Ushuaia
To
Ushuaia
14 nightsaboard the shipLE COMMANDANT CHARCOT
Next departures
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$28,840 /person*
Zanzibar, Aldabra & the treasures of the Indian Ocean
From
Victoria, Mahé
To
Zanzibar
12 nightsaboard the shipLE BOUGAINVILLE
Next departure
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$10,540 /person*
Inuit spring of Ammassalik
From
Reykjavík
To
Reykjavík
10 nightsaboard the shipLE COMMANDANT CHARCOT
Next departure
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$26,490 /person*
Journey to Austral Lands and Valdes Peninsula
From
Buenos Aires
To
Ushuaia
18 nightsaboard the shipL'AUSTRAL
Next departure
Scottish archipelagos and the Faroe Islands: Nordic heritage and island identities
From
Glasgow, Scotland
To
Glasgow, Scotland
9 nightsaboard the shipLE LYRIAL
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Expedition to New Zealand’s Subantarctic Islands
From
Dunedin
To
Dunedin
14 nightsaboard the shipLE SOLÉAL
Next departure
Meet the Explorers & Find your cruise
About PONANT
Created in 1988 by officers in the French Merchant Navy, PONANT EXPLORATIONS has created a new style of cruising under the French flag through the unique conception of sea travel and a commitment to promoting sustainable and responsible tourism. With a fleet of 12 ships, the company can carry passengers to exceptional territories aboard yachts featuring refined design, on which the art of living and excellent cuisine take pride of place: such is the promise of a unique and authentic PONANT voyage.
About The Explorers Club
The Explorers Club (TEC) was founded in New York City in 1904 and is a multidisciplinary, not-for-profit organization dedicated to scientific exploration of land, sea, air, and space. It supports science research and education and has over 3,750 members around the world. In its history, the Club’s members achieved famous "firsts": first to the North Pole, first to the South Pole, first to the summit of Mount Everest, first to the deepest point in the ocean, first to the surface of the Moon. Explorers linked to the greatest discoveries, such as Neil Armstrong, Jane Goodall, Edmund Hillary, and Roald Amundsen, are among its eminent members.