Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot recently completed a drydock at Damen Shipyard in Brest, France. According to the facility, ...

We live in special times, when luxury exploration in full comfort and safety is at our fingertips, just as accessible as regular cruise travel. An upcoming voyage promises to surpass anything that was ...

Many of us have wondered how it would be like to follow the path of history’s greatest explorers and actually travel to the North Pole or the South Pole. But that looks like one difficult journey, ...

Sailing through frozen seas and breaking through thick layers of ice is no easy feat: it demands not only an experienced captain but also a dedicated team. This is something that the crew of Le ...

The Le Commandant-Charcot is the very first hybrid-electric polar exploration ship powered by liquefied natural gas, and the latest addition to the Ponant fleet. It has been designed with the greatest ...

The safety drill on Le Commandant Charcot is like nothing I’ve ever seen. “If it becomes necessary to abandon ship in the ice,” we’re told, “you will need to get into your survival suit.” The size of ...

After three nights navigating the Chilean canals, the Strait of Magellan, and the daunting Drake Passage on Ponant’s new polar explorer Le Commandant Charcot, my husband and I wake to sunny skies and ...