There are few places on Earth that test the body and mind quite like Antarctica. Vast, silent, and shaped entirely by ice, the White Continent has long occupied a particular place in Wim Hof’s own relationship with the cold. In March 2027, he will bring that relationship full circle, hosting a nine-day expedition that carries a small group of guests from the southern tip of Argentina into the heart of the Antarctic Peninsula.
The voyage, named Beyond the Ice, departs Ushuaia on March 15th and returns on March 23rd, 2027, aboard the newly reimagined expedition vessel St Helena. Limited to fewer than 130 guests, it pairs the structure of a classic polar expedition, Zodiac landings, naturalist-led excursions, and close wildlife encounters, with a program built specifically around Wim Hof’s own practice of breathwork and cold exposure, carried out in the very environment that shaped it.
Crossing the Drake Passage toward the White Continent
The journey begins gently, sailing out through the Beagle Channel as the mountains of Patagonia recede behind the ship. What follows is a crossing of the Drake Passage, the stretch of open ocean separating South America from Antarctica, where wandering albatrosses and giant petrels trail the vessel and the first whales often appear on the horizon. As the ship moves south, the expedition team introduces the wildlife, geography, and human history of Antarctica through a series of onboard presentations, easing guests into the rhythm of a world without cities, roads, or fixed schedules.
The shift becomes visible once the ship crosses the Antarctic Convergence, where colder waters signal the boundary of the polar ecosystem. The first icebergs appear, and with them, the first opportunities for Zodiac landings, often among the volcanic islands and penguin colonies of the South Shetlands.
Days among glaciers, penguins, and whales
From there, the days settle into the unpredictable, weather-led rhythm that defines any true Antarctic voyage. Depending on ice and sea conditions, landings may take place at Paradise Bay, Cuverville Island, Neko Harbour, or through the narrow, glacier-lined Lemaire Channel, each offering a different vantage point onto the Peninsula’s scale. Humpback whales, crabeater seals, leopard seals, and colonies of penguins numbering in the thousands move through waters and ice shelves that few people ever see up close.
These are also the days built around Wim Hof’s own program. Guests join him for themed talks, guided breathing sessions, and informal Q&A moments both onboard and ashore, translating the principles of the Wim Hof Method into practice against glaciers, sea ice, and the particular stillness of the Southern Ocean. For those who have practiced the method for years, and for those encountering it for the first time, the setting itself becomes part of the instruction: conscious breathing and cold exposure, taught in the coldest, quietest place most guests will ever stand.
Life aboard the St Helena
The ship itself is designed to hold that balance between exploration and comfort. Cabins, lounges, and outdoor observation decks give guests room to retreat after a landing or simply watch for wildlife as the ship moves between sites, while the small group size, well under the guest numbers typical of larger polar vessels, keeps both the Zodiac excursions and the time spent with Wim Hof genuinely intimate.
As the final days approach, the ship turns north to recross the Drake Passage, giving guests a last stretch of open ocean to process what they have seen: calving glaciers, colonies stretching across the ice, and a landscape that resists easy description. Guests disembark in Ushuaia on the morning of March 23rd, closing a voyage that Wim Hof and the expedition team describe less as a trip than as a return, to a place, and to a practice, that has shaped his own understanding of the cold for decades.
Full voyage details, including embarkation logistics and the complete example itinerary, are available through Insider Expeditions, the operator running the Beyond the Ice expedition in partnership with Wim Hof.