![]() How they manage to stock enough food for 200 people for two weeks at sea – with no opportunity to resupply – and yet put on a varied menu every day, with healthy, sustainably harvested food presented in a beautiful way, I have no idea. I must say, though, I did take advantage of the incredible food. (Can’t say I took advantage of all those things!) Inside one of the Igloos, a top-deck glass-dome bedroom. Not to mention the two “igloo” bedrooms one could reserve for an overnight visit, out on the top deck. Every day the staff would open the spa, the sauna, the top-deck hot-tubs, and the ship’s gift shop. The Ice Lounge, on the “Endurance”.Īt any time one could wander the ship to grab a coffee from the self-serve café, use the gym, or peruse the library and check out the real-time interactive nautical chart. The Ice Lounge – site of daily lectures on everything from oceanography to seabird conservation efforts to the recession of glaciers to the history of Antarctic exploration – sported an incredible number of flat-screen displays, enabling everyone to see and hear clearly every presentation from the expedition naturalists, all while sipping cocktails from the bar and keeping an eye on the sun setting outside the panoramic windows. Interior of our cabin on the “Endurance.”Ī large restaurant served everyone comfortably with views surrounding the ship – while a smaller top-deck café was my favorite spot for a light breakfast. ![]() Our cabin was on Deck 5, the lowest deck in which rooms had a balcony. The guest rooms were comfortable, spacious, and beautifully outfitted, across four decks. On our trip there were ~106 passengers and 100 staff… including the ship’s crew, the hotel crew, and the expedition crew. In this post I’ll give you a brief look at the ship, but you really must visit my photo/video gallery and Lindblad’s own website for a deeper look. This beautiful ship was purpose-built for travel in the Arctic and Antarctic – optimizing comfort, safety, and functionality, as well as energy efficiency. We were fortunate to travel aboard the newest ship in the fleet operated by Lindblad Expeditions in partnership with National Geographic: the National Geographic Endurance. As noted in the prior post, for our trip to the Falkland and South Georgia Islands we first flew to Buenos Aires, and then onward to Ushuaia, Argentina – the southernmost city in the world.
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