Antarctica or the Arctic: which pole first?

Antarctica is a continent of ice ringed by ocean, home to penguins and seals but no land predators — wildlife here is famously unafraid of people.

The Arctic is an ocean ringed by land, with polar bears, walrus, reindeer and thousands of years of human culture.

Antarctic voyages run November to March; Arctic voyages run June to September. Many guests do both, a year apart.