Alex Burridge

Managing Director

In 2001/2 I undertook the first of many voyages to Antarctica & the High Arctic (Svalbard). Polar travel became a passion. My experience and knowledge gained whilst working as Peregrine’s Polar Expeditions Manager, working with Quark Expeditions, allows me to offer expert advice to ensure your trip south really is the trip of a lifetime.  In the last two years I’ve been fortunate to head back to the Antarctic Peninsula (November 2023) and to the sub-Antarctic Islands of New Zealand and Australia’s Macquarie Island (Dec 2024).

Places Visited

ANTARCTICA

Antarctic Peninsula: (Brown Bluff, Deception Island, Lemaire Channel, Cuverville Island, Port Lockroy, Neko Harbor,Paulet Island, Petermann Island, Yalour Islands, Weddell Sea, Fournier Bay, Neumayer Channel,  Point Wild, Elephant Island, Orne Island, Pendulum Cove, Wilhelmina Bay and Snow Hill Island – Emperor penguin colony)

Falkland Islands: Port Stanley, West Point Island, Saunders Island, Bleaker Island, Sea Lion Island, Steeple Jason and Carcass Island

South Georgia: Salisbury Plain, Gold Harbour, Fortuna Bay, Stromness, Grytviken, Drygalski Fjord, Prince Olav Harbour and King Haakon Bay

Australia and New Zealand sub-Antarctic Islands

Macquarie Island
Snares Island
Auckland Island
Enderby Island

ARCTIC

Svalbard, Greenland, Northwest Passage & North Pole

SOUTH AMERICA

Argentina: Buenos Aires, El Calafate, El Chalten, Perito Moreno Glacier, Ushuaia

Trekked: Mt Fitz Roy

Chile: Punta Arenas, Torres del Paine National Park, Chiloe, Puerto Natales
Ecuador/Galapagos

Ships travelled on/inspected; Greg Mortimer, Sylvia Earle, Swan Hellenic Diana, Sea Spirit, Kapitan Khlebnikov (Ice-breaker), Silver Explorer and Heritage Adventurer