2020 HARVARD ALUMNI TRAVELS DISCOVER • LEARN • CONNECT • EXPLORE Expedition to Antarctica on MS LE BORÉAL January 15-28, 2020 with James Salzman, Visiting Professor of Law Expert-led Zodiac excursions offer up-close viewing of craggy crescent peaks, intricate ice floes and wildlife that characterize the remote Antarctic landscape. Study Leader Join us for this spectacular 14-day journey Jim Salzman is featuring a nine‑night, exclusively chartered cruise to the Donald Bren Antarctica, Earth’s last frontier. With private balconies Distinguished in 95 percent of its ocean‑view accommodations, Professor of and encompassing state‑of‑the‑art ship design and Environmental Law with joint appointments technology, LE BORÉAL sets the very highest standards in at UCLA Law School and the University elegance and comfort. Experience the natural beauty of the of California, Santa Barbara, School White Continent—fantastically shaped icebergs, turquoise of Environment. He teaches every year glaciers, bustling penguin rookeries and breaching whales. at the Harvard Law School during its Accompanied by the ship’s expert team of naturalists, board Winter Term – most recently as the Zodiac watercraft for excursions ashore to observe Antarctica’s Jeremiah Smith, Jr., Visiting Professor abundant wildlife, especially penguins and seals that exhibit of Law. The first Harvard graduate little or no fear of humans. A comprehensive schedule of to earn joint degrees in law and exclusive and specially arranged lectures will complete your in engineering, he was awarded a optimal Antarctic expedition. Spend two nights in Buenos Sheldon Fellowship upon graduation. Aires, including a tour of Argentina’s vibrant capital city. One of the world’s leading experts on drinking water, he regularly comments in the media on environmental issues. Activity Level 3: A popular lecturer, he was twice voted Professor of the Year by A LITTLE MORE TO IT students at Duke University. This is an expedition‑type cruise involving shore landings His book, Drinking Water: A History, by rubber Zodiac boats. Participants must be able to get in is in its second edition and and out of the Zodiacs with minimal assistance. While ashore has been featured in Scientific in Antarctica, the excursions involve a fair amount of American, The Washington Post, walking over rocky, uneven, and sometimes steep terrain. The New York Times, and NPR’s Please be aware that crossing the Drake Passage can be “Weekend Edition.” rough and unpredictable. Because of the remoteness of the destination and an absence of shore‑side facilities for On this program, Jim plans to medical treatment, each participant must have a health lecture on the following topics: The Effects of Whaling; The Antarctic statement signed by a physician verifying they are in very Treaty System; The Story of Maps; and good physical condition in order to participate. The History of Drinking Water. TO BOOK A TRIP, CALL 800-422-1636 OR VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVEL UNESCO World Heritage Site Air Routing Drake PassageWiencke Island SOUTH AMERICA n Booth Island a e c Iguazú Falls O Petermann c Pacific ti n a Island Ocean tl A Buenos Aires Ushuaia age Pass Beagle ke An ra tar A n Channel D Con cti t Con ver c a r verg ge c en nc t ce e i c c t i c C i r c l e C t a r i A n r c l e ANTARCTICA ANTARCTICA Enjoy the calm waters and the extraordinary surreal beauty of the captivating glacier-lined Lemaire Channel. cruise through storied a vast array of marine wildlife Schedule by Day Beagle Channel, named for the flourishes, including millions of (B=Breakfast, L=Lunch, D=Dinner, ship that carried Charles Darwin penguins, countless seabirds, and R=Reception) on his South American voyages. thousands of seals and whales. Attend the Captain’s Welcome An otherworldly topography of WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15 Reception this evening. (B,R,D) volcanoes and glaciers, populated U.S. with riveting wildlife and historic Depart the U.S. SUNDAY, JANUARY 19 TO outposts, unfolds, completely MONDAY, JANUARY 20 immersing you in the irresistible THURSDAY, JANUARY 16 Cruising the Drake Passage Buenos Aires, Argentina Cross the legendary Drake Arrive in cosmopolitan Passage and, upon reaching the Buenos Aires and check into Antarctic Convergence, watch the five‑star INTERCONTINENTAL for seabirds and breaching fins BUENOS AIRES HOTEL, ideally located of humpback whales feeding within walking distance of the on plankton and krill brought landmark Palace of the Argentine to the surface by cold Antarctic National Congress. This evening, currents merging with the warmer attend the Welcome Reception. (R) waters of the South Pacific and Look for humpback whales who migrate Atlantic Oceans. Your expedition to Antarctic waters to feed during the FRIDAY, JANUARY 17 team of naturalists will present austral summer. Buenos Aires insightful lectures, preparing you nuances of Earth’s most Birthplace of the tango, Buenos for your first landing in Antarctica. inaccessible continent for the Aires is a city of diverse and During the evening, enjoy complete Antarctic experience. dynamic barrios (neighborhoods). the lingering twilight of the Cruise through breathtaking, See the colorful La Boca district, Antarctic summer. (2B,2L,2D) glacier‑lined Neumayer Channel Monserrat’s grand public Please note that the ship’s cruising to rugged Goudier Island. buildings, historic Plaza de Mayo, pattern and positionings are dependent Visit Port Lockroy nestled among Palermo’s lavish parks, on weather, ice and sea conditions, serene mountain peaks as high as Puerto Madero’s lively riverfront and are subject to change. 6,000 feet. The port was originally community, and the charming constructed in 1944 by an old quarter of San Telmo. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21 TO eight‑man team as an intelligence Visit the city’s renowned SATURDAY, JANUARY 25 post for British espionage during Recoleta Cemetery; lined with Cruising Antarctica World War II and was converted ornate vaults and sculptures, Cruise below the 60th parallel south into a whaling station and scientific this is the final resting place of to the outer shores and islands base in the 1950s; its surrounding Eva Perón, the legendary former of the Antarctic Peninsula, the grounds are populated by blue‑eyed First Lady of Argentina. (B) world’s last frontier. Here, explore shags and gentoo penguins. Gain insight into the daily activities SATURDAY, JANUARY 18 some of the world’s most pristine wilderness, where towering of past researchers at the Buenos Aires/Ushuaia mountains of ice and volcanic rock living museum known as “Base A” This morning, fly to Ushuaia, create precipitous coastlines and and mail a postcard stamped with the world’s southernmost city, islands, and ever‑changing an Antarctica postmark from the capital of Tierra del Fuego and the patterns of ice stretch toward the official British Post Office. gateway to Antarctica. Embark boundless blue horizon. In this Rocky Jougla Point on LE BORÉAL this afternoon and seemingly harsh environment, Wiencke Island offers a TO BOOK A TRIP CALL 800-422-1636. FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT ALUMNI.HARVARD.EDU/TRAVEL South Shetland Islands Half Moon Island Neumayer Deception Island Antarctic Channel Sound Port Lockroy Gerlache Drake PassageWiencke Island Strait Neko Harbor Paradise Booth Island Bay Petermann Lemaire Channel Weddell Island Larsen Sea Ice Shelf A n t a r c t i c C i r c l e ANTARCTICA Your journey to Antarctica offers an unparalleled opportunity for up-close Stand on the bow of your Five-Star ship and watch Antarctica’s observations of chinstrap penguins and their behaviors in nature. drama unfold before you. rare opportunity to view Named by 19th‑century whalers who Here, observe the antics the skeletal remains of an sought shelter in its coves, it is an of the island’s colony of adult blue whale and to see ideal sanctuary for marine wildlife chinstrap penguins. populous colonies of gentoo including humpback whales, Reflect on board as the ship penguins and kelp gulls that crabeater seals, and Cape petrels. turns north, and attend the Captain’s inhabit the entire region. Deception Island, Farewell Reception this evening. Call at Petermann Island, actually the rim of a dormant (5B,5L,1R,5D) the southernmost point of your volcano crater, encircles the journey, and watch its thriving Port Foster caldera. The ship SUNDAY, JANUARY 26 rookeries of Adélie and gentoo enters through Neptune’s Bellows, Cruising the Drake penguins and blue‑eyed shags. a sublime harbor ringed by Passage/Ushuaia, Flanked by sheer cliffs of snowcapped peaks and sheer cliffs. towering glaciers between the In Pendulum Cove, see steaming, Argentina Antarctic Peninsula and Booth Island, geothermally heated shallows. Cross the Drake Passage, and cruise through the Lemaire Channel, Observe the amazing enjoy informative discussions where seven majestic miles of colony of tens of thousands of with the ship’s naturalists. Watch for mountains and interweaving patterns chinstrap penguins at Baily Head. the endangered albatross and of ice floes brim with wildlife. Walk along the black‑sand the many different species of Listen for the low rumbling of beaches of Telefon Bay to nearby petrels as you cruise across the Rudolf Glacier as it calves slabs of craters for firsthand insight into Antarctic Convergence. (B,L,D) ice into Neko Harbor, named for the pivotal volcanic activity that an early‑ 20th‑century Scottish created the island and shaped the MONDAY, JANUARY 27 whaling boat. Surrounded by soaring natural history of the region. Ushuaia/Buenos Aires glaciers and snow‑covered mountains, One of the smallest Disembark in Ushuaia and fly this spectacular harbor is one of but most beautiful of the to Buenos Aires. Continue on the most dramatic sights on your South Shetland Islands, the Iguazú Falls Post‑Program expedition.