Seabourn Unveils 2027-2028 Ocean and Expedition Voyages: New Itineraries to Alaska, Antarctica, Japan, and More

Published on August 15, 2025

Seabourn, recognized as the preeminent brand in ultra-luxury travel, has unveiled its compelling slate of summer ocean voyages and expedition sailings for 2027 and the 2027-2028 seasons. Travelers are invited to discover a half-century of the world’s most enthralling locales aboard the ultra-luxury fleet—Seabourn Pursuit, Seabourn Venture, Seabourn Encore, Seabourn Quest, and Seabourn Ovation—collectively welcoming 189 ports in 39 sovereign and island nations on every continent, including Alaska, Antarctica, the Arctic, and the South Pacific.

This newly published collection comprises 111 departures across 72 original routes, underpinned by signature highlights: the Pole-to-Pole Grand Expedition, a peerless 94-day odyssey from the High Arctic to the continent of Antarctica, and a 14-day solar eclipse cruise timed for August 2027, offering unobstructed vistas of the orbiting shadow from the ocean’s grand expanse.

New Expedition Highlights for 2027-2028

For the 2027 and 2028 seasons, Seabourn’s expedition voyages will immerse guests in peerless adventures, guided by a multidisciplinary team of naturalists, scientists, historians, and award-winning photographers. Encompassing 28 distinctive itineraries, sailings will range from 8 to 94 days, each crafted to offer transformative experiences in the planet’s most remote and breathtaking environments.

Antarctica Expeditions

For discerning travelers looking for a luxurious passage to one of the planet’s final frontiers, the Seabourn Pursuit and Seabourn Venture will undertake a series of Antarctic sailings between October 2027 and March 2028. Guests will partake in exceptional ice landings, intimate wildlife encounters with wandering penguins and minke whales, and one-of-a-kind excursions to the South Georgia archipelago, the Falkland Islands, and the Chilean Fjords. Each voyage will include invigorating Polar Plunge moments and the celebrated Caviar on Ice experience, featuring chilled Champagne and Oscietra caviar served on deck against the backdrop of breathtaking ice-carved ramparts.

Expeditions will be delineated by seasonal character:

• Early Season (late October to early December): Travelers will observe stately penguin courtship displays amid an expansive tableau of freshly formed sea ice.
• Mid-Season (mid-December to early February): The penguin colonies will teem with newly hatched chicks, and migratory cetaceans will be drawn to the productive waters.
• Late Season (mid-February to early March): Boreal daylight elongates, whale encounters peak, and meticulously chosen landing sites will reveal bare, shimmering polished stone.

Every voyage incorporates a pre-cruise night in a selected Buenos Aires hotel, followed by chartered flights to Ushuaia, Argentina, the gateway port from which the ships will set a true southerly course for the White Continent.

Arctic Exploration

Travelers eager to immerse themselves in the Arctic’s breathtaking solitude will be able to book Seabourn Venture between June and September 2027 for cruises through the Canadian Arctic, Iceland, and the coast of Greenland. Spanning 12 to 18 days, these sailings are timed to enhance the chances of witnessing the Northern Lights, while encounters with Beluga whales, grazing musk oxen, and nesting Atlantic puffins abound. Curated excursions provide the chance to meet, learn from, and share in the daily rhythms of the region’s Indigenous communities.

For those seeking a more audacious itinerary, Seabourn presents a 94-day Grand Expedition circumnavigating the globe from Pole to Pole. Beginning in the Canadian High Arctic and concluding in the remote reaches of Antarctica, this voyage will chart a course past the jagged fjords of Baffin and Ellesmere Islands, linger in the otherworldly expanse of Devon Island, and trace Greenland’s dramatic, ice-bleached coastlines, delivering travelers to the extremes of the planet in unmatched comfort.

The Northwest Passage

Guests wishing to trace the routes of great explorers aboard Seabourn Venture may now reserve an 18-day expedition from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, through the fabled Northwest Passage. On the round trip, travellers will watch the Northern Lights float above icefields, enjoy evenings of tale-sharing with expedition specialists, and meet Inuit communities of the High Arctic. The sailing provides an in-depth navigation of a key maritime corridor that transformed Earth’s polar geography.

The Kimberley, Australia

Those seeking a contrasting wilderness may book aboard Seabourn Pursuit for an expedition to the Kimberley, Australia’s north-western extremity. Distinguished by craggy plateaux, crimson cliffs, and cascading waters, the Kimberley ranks among the last great natural frontiers. Guests will ride Zodiacs to exalted sites such as King George Falls and Horizontal Falls, and may snorkel at the coral gardens of Ashmore Reef, immersing in the bioregion’s marine wonders.

2027 Summer Ocean Voyages

Alongside the expedition itineraries, Seabourn’s 2027 ocean programme will present luxury cruises across celebrated routes. From Alaska to the Mediterranean and on to Japan, Seabourn Encore, Seabourn Quest, and Seabourn Ovation will cruise among Earth’s finest landscapes, revealing cityscapes and cultures that shape world heritage.

• Alaska: Alaska program, Seabourn Encore will present voyages spanning 7 to 15 days, tracing the Inside Passage and including grand highlights such as Hubbard Glacier and Glacier Bay National Park.

• Mediterranean: Seabourn Ovation’s Mediterranean season features 77 ports across 17 nations, with calls in Italy, Greece and Spain, providing a comprehensive circuit of the region’s artistic, culinary and coastal treasures.

• Japan: Seabourn Encore’s Japan season will consist of several 14-day voyages, each designed to deepen guests’ connections to the country, with signature visits to Mount Fuji and Himeji Castle among many culturally immersive experiences.