{"id":3085,"date":"2013-02-04T16:14:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T22:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/?p=3085"},"modified":"2013-02-06T10:20:51","modified_gmt":"2013-02-06T16:20:51","slug":"south-georgia-island-expedition-30-off-march-20th-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2013\/02\/04\/south-georgia-island-expedition-30-off-march-20th-departure\/","title":{"rendered":"South Georgia Island Expedition: 30% OFF March 20th Departure or 2-for-1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>South Georgia\u00a0with famous explorers, March 20 to April 6, 2013<\/b><\/p>\n<h1>SAVE 30%\u00a0or 2-FOR-1!<\/h1>\n<div style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" \" alt=\"Photo of the M\/V Ortelius\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.adventureswithinreach.com\/images\/antarctica\/ortelius.jpg?resize=526%2C329\" width=\"526\" height=\"329\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The M\/V Ortelius<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This is a \u201conce in a lifetime\u201d opportunity to join the passenger\u00a0expedition vessel \u201cOrtelius\u201d\u00a0for an 18-day voyage\u00a0to South Georgia with two famous\u00a0Polar explorers and guest speakers onboard. The well-known\u00a0Polar explorers, B\u00f8rge Ousland (from\u00a0Norway) and Thomas Ulrich (from\u00a0Switzerland), will be onboard as guest lecturers and guides of a small team of ski crossers who follow the historic footsteps of Shackleton. \u00a0This voyage on the \u201cOrtelius\u201d will start on March 20, 2013 in\u00a0Ushuaia,\u00a0Argentina\u00a0and ends on April 6, 2013 in\u00a0Montevideo, Uruguay.<\/p>\n<p><b>The voyage to South Georgia will have the following highlights:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit the historic landing beach at Pegotty Bluff\/King Haakon Bay where Ernest Shackleton and his men landed in 1916<\/li>\n<li>Landings and zodiac excursions on wildlife packed beaches along the North Coast<\/li>\n<li>Great scenic places including mountains and glaciers of South Georgia<\/li>\n<li>Shackleton hike from Fortuna to Stromness (the final stretch)<\/li>\n<li>Fur Seals, Elephant Seals and Albatrosses, among other sea birds<\/li>\n<li>Penguin encounters with Macaroni and King Penguins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>30 % discount offer:\u00a0<\/b>For new reservations,\u00a0we offer a special 30% discount\u00a0on all cabin prices (availability allowing).<b>\u00a0<\/b>New bookings will also receive a free signed copy of B\u00f8rge Ousland&#8217;s book &#8220;Greatest Polar Journey&#8221; or &#8220;Northern Passage&#8221;onboard the Ortelius (as long as stock lasts).<\/p>\n<p><strong>2-FOR-1:\u00a0<\/strong>For new reservations, book one space at full price and the second person travels free!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prices:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quadruple cabin: $5,145 per person<\/li>\n<li>Twin porthole cabin: $7,245\u00a0per person<\/li>\n<li>Twin window cabin: $7,595\u00a0per person<\/li>\n<li>Superior cabin: $8,575\u00a0per person<\/li>\n<li>Suite: $9,583\u00a0per person<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>all prices reflect 30% discount. Rates are for the cruise only.\u00a0All cabins aboard \u201cOrtelius\u201d have private bathroom. \u00a0Prices incl. all meals, free use of rubber boots, all excursions and zodiac transfers and services of our expedition staff, all harbour and landing fees and a transfer from the vessel to the airport.\u00a0Prices, both the 30% offer and the 2-for-1 offer, exclude flights, pre and post tours\u00a0and a fuel surcharge of $425 per person. For the\u00a02-for-1 offer, final price for 2 people will reflect 30% increase to the discounted rates above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Georgia\u00a0with famous explorers, March 20 to April 6, 2013 SAVE 30%\u00a0or 2-FOR-1! This is a \u201conce in a lifetime\u201d opportunity to join the passenger\u00a0expedition vessel \u201cOrtelius\u201d\u00a0for an 18-day voyage\u00a0to South Georgia with two famous\u00a0Polar explorers and guest speakers onboard. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/2013\/02\/04\/south-georgia-island-expedition-30-off-march-20th-departure\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[157],"tags":[163],"class_list":["post-3085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-specials","tag-special-deal-on-antarctica"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Xxsg-NL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3085"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3091,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3085\/revisions\/3091"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adventureswithinreach.com\/travel\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}