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Ponant Le Commandant Charcot
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There is a coordinate at the top of the world that no luxury ship had ever reached — until this one. Le Commandant Charcot, Ponant's Polar Class 2 hybrid-electric LNG vessel, is the first and only luxury passenger ship to have reached the Geographic North Pole, capable of breaking through 8.5 feet of solid sea ice in waters no other vessel of its kind can follow. For the 245 guests aboard, the experience is singular: private balcony suites with Diptyque amenities, Alain Ducasse cuisine at the only Ducasse gastronomic restaurant at sea, a Blue Eye underwater lounge, and a Snow Room that somehow makes sense at the top of the world. North Pole expeditions depart from Longyearbyen, Svalbard, in alliance with The Explorers Club - with opportunities for Zodiac landings, kayaking, and encounters with Inuit communities along the ice. On its historic first voyage to the North Pole of Inaccessibility, more than 620 miles from any landmass, 20 scientists conducted climate fieldwork aboard while others watched from the observation deck with champagne in hand. The pole has always called to explorers. This is how you answer — in a dinner jacket.

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