During the 12-day Antarctica Exploration voyage from January 28th to February 9th, 2026 aboard Seabourn Venture, the vessel established a series of new southern milestones for both Seabourn and the broader Carnival Corporation fleet. On this passage into high southern latitudes, Seabourn Venture crossed the Antarctic Circle and proceeded to approximately 70° South — the most southerly latitude recorded in the company’s operational history — traversing reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula seldom visited by conventional cruise itineraries.
The expedition also included the first extended navigation by a Seabourn ship into George VI Sound, a broad channel lying west of Alexander Island, placing the vessel well beyond the peninsula’s familiar archipelagic routes. At roughly 69° 30′ South, members of the party were taken ashore onto the Antarctic sea ice itself, an achievement noted as the most southerly landing yet effected under the line’s flag, where guests marked the position with a ceremonial gathering on the floe. Other landfalls included historic Base E on Stonington Island, a former British research station representing mid-20th-century scientific endeavour in these waters.
Under the command of Captain Simon Bishop and with leadership from the ship’s expedition team, Seabourn Venture’s deployment combined high-latitude navigation with ice-edge operations supported by the vessel’s complement of Zodiacs and polar specialists, contributing both to new records in southern penetration and to an expanded understanding of ice conditions and landscape features in the region.