Ponant has announced the name of its newest polar exploration vessel: Le Commandant Charcot. The hybrid electric icebreaker has been named in honor of Captain Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who was known as ...

Designed to feel more akin to a yacht than a traditional cruise ship, Le Commandant Charcot offers 123 guest cabins. Most notably, the vessel is capable of reaching polar destinations formerly out of ...

Captain Etienne Garcia looks back at his part in charting Antarctica, the edge of the Earth, and his onging responsibility to ...

French cruise company Ponant has unveiled its Le Commandant Charcot, a "polar exploration vessel." The hybrid electric ship is in part powered by liquefied natural gas and can accommodate up to 245 ...

Ponant Explorations Group has announced the release of its second Ponant Science program report. Launched in 2021, the ...

PONANT, the French expedition cruise line, will debut its newest and most sustainable expedition ship yet, Le Commandant Charcot, in November 2021 for its first Antarctica season featuring six new 11- ...

Ponant's Le Commandant Charcot is the first hybrid electric polar exploration vessel powered by liquefied natural gas. Photo Credit: Ponant The Otto Sverdrup is Hurtigruten's third battery-hybrid ...

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, ...

Luxury expedition line PONANT has announced the name of its new icebreaker. The Le Commandant Charcot, a hybrid electric expedition vessel, will debut in 2021. Its name honors French explorer Captain ...

Construction of Ponant's new polar exploration vessel Le Commandant Charcot has begun with the traditional steel cutting ceremony at Vard's shipyard in Tulcea, Romania. Delivery of the new flagship, ...

Ponant wants to whisk you away on a 12-night North Pole adventure. Previously offering longer journeys to the 90 degrees north latitude, the northern most point on Earth, the French cruise ship ...

French luxury expedition line Ponant said its ice-hardened polar vessel due in 2021 will be named for a renowned French polar explorer. Captain Jean-Baptiste Charcot made several Arctic and Antarctic ...