Silver Wind

A classic Silversea ship rebuilt in 2021 for the ice, with 149 suites, a butler for each and the four restaurants of the fleet. The ship Silversea sends to Greenland’s west coast each summer, from Nuuk and Reykjavik.

Silver Endeavour

Built in Stralsund as the most capable expedition ship of her size, a Polar Class 6 hull with a butler in every suite. The ship Silversea sends to Svalbard, Jan Mayen and the fjords of East Greenland each summer.

Le Boréal

The ship that began Ponant’s modern fleet in 2010, and the first French vessel to sail the Northwest Passage. Disko Bay, Inuit villages and the Passage, with French service.

L’Austral

The second of Ponant’s sisters, in service since 2011, and the one the company sends to Greenland and the Northwest Passage. French service, an open bar, and the Davis Strait outside the window.

Le Lyrial

The youngest of Ponant’s four sisters, named for the star Vega’s constellation and drawn by Jean-Philippe Nuel. The ship Ponant sends to Spitsbergen each June and July.

Douglas Mawson

Named for the Australian who mapped the East Antarctic coast on foot. Aurora’s newest ship, delivered in 2025, with eleven cabin types, a run of single staterooms and an X-Bow for the long crossings.

Sylvia Earle

Named for the oceanographer who has spent more hours under the sea than anyone alive. An X-Bow for the crossings, a glass atrium in the bow, and 130 expeditioners who are off the ship more than on it.

Ocean Explorer

An X-Bow for the long crossings, fifteen Zodiacs from four doors, and a library two storeys high in the bow. Quark’s smaller ship for West Greenland and the Canadian Arctic.

Ultramarine

Two helicopters, twenty Zodiacs and a Polar Class 6 hull. The ship built to spend more of the day off the ship, in Svalbard, Greenland and the Northwest Passage.

Le Commandant Charcot

The first passenger ship built to break the ice to 90° North. Liquefied natural gas, a hull for two and a half metres of ice, and Alain Ducasse in the kitchen.

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SH Vega

Named for Nordenskiöld’s barque, the first ship to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the top of the world, and built in Helsinki to return to the high Arctic with 152 guests. The sister we send to Greenland and the Canadian Arctic.