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OUR EPIC POLAR HISTORY
years of
polar pride
Our team is committed to taking guests deeper into the Polar Regions than they ever thought possible. For the last 34 years, we’ve pushed the limits of our own imagination to provide our guests with the most immersive—and imaginative—itineraries. We have the most diverse fleet. We offer the most off-ship adventures. And our small polar vessels can take you places other larger ships cannot reach. Get ready for the expedition of a lifetime. Going Beyond in Polar Adventure
November 1996 Quark Expeditions begins a circumnavigation of Antarctica for commercial passengers, the first-ever voyage of its kind.
Choose from 13 innovative Antarctic itineraries starting on page 14
CIRCUMNAVIGATION
August 1991 Quark Expeditions becomes the first polar operator to take commercial guests to the North Pole. August 1991 Quark Expeditions celebrates the first-ever passenger transit of the Northeast Passage.
July 1999 Quark Expeditions completes its first passenger circumnavigation of the Arctic Ocean.
November 2003
Quark Expeditions passengers become the first humans to witness a Total Solar Eclipse in Antarctica.
December 1991 Quark Expeditions charters the first series of
oceanographic research vessels specially converted for adventure travel, heralding a new phase in polar exploration.
November 2004
Quark Expeditions becomes the first operator to confirm the existence of the Snow Hill Emperor penguin colony.
November 1993 For the first time, Quark Expeditions guests retrace the voyage of Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship Endurance .
Not one but two Snow Hill itineraries. See pages 16–17
March 2006 Quark Expeditions breaks Roald
Amundsen’s record set nearly 100 years earlier, attaining the most southernly latitude of any vessel.
For itineraries that follow in the footsteps of Shackleton, see pages 24–26
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