How to Cruise Antarctica in Comfort + Style

TRUE CONFESSION: Visiting Antarctica was never on my bucket list.

I wasn’t against it, of course. But the appeal of Antarctic cruising has always seemed to me to skew heavily toward a rough-and-ready type of passenger, one more interested in the wonders of the frigid outdoors than the speed of the onboard WI-FI or the variety of spa treatment – the type of passenger I definitely am NOT!

Honestly, I couldn’t see myself sacrificing creature comforts for the chance to trudge through knee-deep snow to spot seals or waiting patiently in biting winds for a humpback to finally breech.

But the Antarctic cruise I took last February on Viking Polaris changed my mind, and proved that you don’t have to sacrifice amenities for adventure. Read all about it in my latest story for Travel + Leisure.