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Ponant Le Commandant Charcot

One of the world’s most luxurious icebreakers, Le Commandant Charcot offers deep exploration of the planet’s polar regions, effortlessly combining ice breaking with tasteful elegance, refined sophistication, and Michelin-starred Alain Ducasse dining.

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  • Set sail on the world’s first hybrid-electric polar exploration icebreaking ship, with luxe interiors and a high guest-to-crew ratio.

  • Enjoy unparalleled levels of onboard comfort and luxury with fine dining, sophisticated artwork, sumptuous accommodation, and superb spa facilities.

  • Enrich the adventure, learning from and being guided by some of the world’s top polar biologists, naturalists, glaciologists, and geologists.

  • Immerse yourself in the magical polar landscape with expertly guided Zodiac sightseeing, snowshoeing, polar diving, ice fishing and kayaking.

Ponant endeavours to bring active explorers bespoke and intuitive service, luxury facilities and immersive itineraries, creating intimate voyages with eco-sustainability at its core. Every cruise and experience programme is planned with a high level of care, knowledge and passion.

Named after the polar explorer, Jean-Batiste Charcot (the ‘gentleman of the poles’), Le Commandant Charcot offers PC2 icebreaking capabilities, allowing the ship to venture deep into the polar landscape. Sustainability is key when exploring this stunning but fragile region and the ship is the first hybrid-electric polar exploration vessel to be powered by environmentally friendly liquified natural gas. There are no plastic bottles onboard, drinking water is delivered via a desalination system, there is a system for recycling waste heat and there’s also an advanced wastewater treatment system.

With a maximum 245 guests and 215 crew, the service levels are personal and attentive, the interiors tastefully stylish and the levels of comfort impressive. Equipped with 132 staterooms and suites, all include a private balcony or terrace, seating area, ensuite shower and separate WC. Amenities include Wi-Fi, climate control and on-demand video, while suite accommodation also includes butler service, priority boarding, daily snacks, and binoculars. Suites sleep between two and six depending on the category and the split-level Duplex Suites and Owner’s Suite include private hot tubs on the terrace. The latter also includes a personal telescope.

Onboard, there is a Main Lounge, Observation Lounge, Theatre for audio-visual presentations, which also doubles as an entertainment venue, dedicated boarding and disembarking rooms, expeditions desk, photographic area, walk around deck with heated benches and telescopes, a pool deck with both indoor and outdoor pools, giant firepit, outdoor bar and sun lounge, along with a panoramic sauna, hair salon and spa massage cabins. The food is superb with Nuna serving signature dishes by Michelin-starred Alain Ducasse and Sila offering a more relaxed and informal environment and menu. The experience is enhanced and enriched by world-class expert guides leading Zodiac excursions and activities that include kayaking, dog sledding, snowshoeing, polar diving and ice fishing.

 

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    • Pricing is a guideline only and is based on two people sharing.
    • Travel over peak periods (e.g. Christmas, New Year, festivals and other public holidays) can affect prices considerably, as can exchange rates and room type.
    • Solo traveller pricing is available upon request.
  • Departure
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  • Start - Finish
  • Route
  • Christmas Magic with Renaud Capuçon
  • $19,800* Minimum price per person
  • 20th Dec 2024
  • 8
  • Helsinki - Kemi

  • The St. Lawrence River in the Heart of the Boreal Winter
  • $33,800* Minimum price per person
  • 17th Jan 2025
  • 12
  • Saint Pierre - Quebec City, Québec

  • The St. Lawrence River in the Heart of the Boreal Winter
  • $29,200* Minimum price per person
  • 29th Jan 2025
  • 12
  • Quebec City, Québec - Saint Pierre

  • The St. Lawrence River in the Heart of the Boreal Winter
  • $31,200* Minimum price per person
  • 22nd Feb 2025
  • 12
  • Quebec City, Québec - Saint Pierre

  • Disko Bay: Meeting the Inuit & Discovering the Unknown
  • $35,700* Minimum price per person
  • 21st Mar 2025
  • 15
  • Reykjavík - Nuuk (Godthaab)

  • Inuit Spring of Ammassalik
  • $28,900* Minimum price per person
  • 5th Apr 2025
  • 10
  • Reykjavík - Reykjavík

  • Disko Bay: Meeting the Inuit & Discovering the Unknown
  • $33,500* Minimum price per person
  • 17th Apr 2025
  • 15
  • Nuuk (Godthaab) - Reykjavík

  • Ocean Voyage : Helsinki- Saint-Pierre and Miquelon
  • $12,100* Minimum price per person
  • 1st May 2025
  • 11
  • Helsinki - Saint Pierre

  • Encounter with the Last Guardians of the North Pole
  • $31,200* Minimum price per person
  • 4th May 2025
  • 12
  • Nuuk (Godthaab) - Nuuk (Godthaab)

  • Transarctic, the Quest for the Two North Poles
  • $74,100* Minimum price per person
  • 9th May 2025
  • 20
  • Longyearbyen - Nome, Alaska

  • Inuit Spring of Ammassalik
  • $26,700* Minimum price per person
  • 14th May 2025
  • 10
  • Reykjavík - Reykjavík

  • Northeast Greenland's Unexplored Sea Ice
  • $39,000* Minimum price per person
  • 24th May 2025
  • 14
  • Reykjavík - Reykjavík

  • From the St Lawrence to Greenland, the Last Moments of Winter
  • $30,900* Minimum price per person
  • 3rd Jun 2025
  • 15
  • Saint Pierre - Reykjavík

  • The Geographic North Pole
  • $62,400* Minimum price per person
  • 8th Jun 2025
  • 15
  • Longyearbyen - Longyearbyen

  • In the wake of Jean-Baptiste Charcot
  • $38,700* Minimum price per person
  • 12th Jun 2025
  • 14
  • Ushuaia - Ushuaia

  • In the Ice of the Arctic, from Greenland to Svalbard
  • $45,400* Minimum price per person
  • 21st Jun 2025
  • 16
  • Reykjavík - Longyearbyen

  • Northeast Greenland's Unexplored Sea Ice
  • $34,200* Minimum price per person
  • 6th Jul 2025
  • 14
  • Reykjavík - Reykjavík

  • The Geographic North Pole
  • $63,700* Minimum price per person
  • 22nd Jul 2025
  • 15
  • Longyearbyen - Longyearbyen

  • The St. Lawrence River in the Heart of the Boreal Winter
  • $31,200* Minimum price per person
  • 2nd Oct 2025
  • 12
  • Saint Pierre - Quebec City, Québec

  • The Emperor Penguins of Weddell Sea
  • $40,700* Minimum price per person
  • 31st Oct 2025
  • 12
  • Ushuaia - Ushuaia

  • The Emperor Penguins of Weddell Sea
  • $40,700* Minimum price per person
  • 24th Nov 2025
  • 12
  • Ushuaia - Ushuaia

  • The Emperor Penguins of Weddell Sea
  • $40,700* Minimum price per person
  • 11th Dec 2025
  • 12
  • Ushuaia - Ushuaia

  • The Emperor Penguins of Weddell Sea
  • $40,800* Minimum price per person
  • 20th Dec 2025
  • 14
  • Ushuaia - Ushuaia

  • Unexplored Antarctica between Two Continents
  • $92,700* Minimum price per person
  • 17th Jan 2026
  • 29
  • Ushuaia - Hobart, Tasmania

  • In the wake of Jean-Baptiste Charcot
  • $40,800* Minimum price per person
  • 1st Mar 2026
  • 14
  • Ushuaia - Ushuaia

  • Ocean Voyage: Cape Town - Brest
  • $19,900* Minimum price per person
  • 17th Mar 2026
  • 20
  • Cape Town - Brest

  • Inuit spring of Ammassalik
  • $28,100* Minimum price per person
  • 5th Apr 2026
  • 10
  • Reykjavík - Reykjavík

  • Ocean Voyage: Reykjavik-Brest
  • $4,800* Minimum price per person
  • 30th Apr 2026
  • 4
  • Brest - Reykjavík

  • Northeast Greenland's unexplored sea ice
  • $37,000* Minimum price per person
  • 14th May 2026
  • 14
  • Reykjavík - Reykjavík

  • In the ice of the Arctic, from Greenland to Svalbard
  • $43,900* Minimum price per person
  • 28th May 2026
  • 16
  • Reykjavík - Longyearbyen

  • In the ice of the Arctic, from Svalbard to Greenland
  • $43,900* Minimum price per person
  • 13th Jun 2026
  • 16
  • Longyearbyen - Reykjavík

  • The Geographic North Pole
  • $55,400* Minimum price per person
  • 27th Jul 2026
  • 15
  • Longyearbyen - Longyearbyen

  • The Geographic North Pole
  • $55,400* Minimum price per person
  • 27th Aug 2026
  • 15
  • Longyearbyen - Longyearbyen

  • The Geographic North Pole
  • $55,400* Minimum price per person
  • 8th Nov 2026
  • 15
  • Longyearbyen - Longyearbyen

  • The Geographic North Pole and the east coast of Greenland
  • $57,100* Minimum price per person
  • 9th Nov 2026
  • 16
  • Longyearbyen - Reykjavík

  • The Geographic North Pole
  • $55,400* Minimum price per person
  • 7th Dec 2026
  • 15
  • Longyearbyen - Longyearbyen

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