Emmy-winning Wildlife Cinematographer Doug Allan joins Emperors and Kings in Antarctica.
Doug Allan has been principal cinematographer on the documentaries Blue Planet, Planet Earth, and the new Disneynature film Earth. Doug will return to Antarctica with Quark Expeditions as Special Guest aboard the 22-day voyage - Emperors & Kings!

NORWALK, CT, April 24, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Doug's participation is in addition to that of internationally acclaimed wildlife artist Robert Bateman and photographer Birgit Freybe Bateman. Complementing these three outstanding special guests,will be Expedition Team Member Sue Flood. She is a wildlife photographer with an unrivalled international reputation. She will co-present with Doug, her husband, behind-the-scenes footage and stills. The couple will tell about their working partnership in remote polar environments. After the insights the two share, travelers will never watch a documentary the same way, again.

If four outstanding speakers, onboard helicopters for aerial-sightseeing, and the legendary polar-class icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov were not enough to make this voyage extraordinary - there are the penguins. Emperors, Kings, Gentoo, Chinstrap, Rockhopper and Magellanic - seven of the 17 species of penguin could be seen during this voyage! This is the Royal Tour for penguin fanciers.

Travelers join the 22-day expedition, Emperors & Kings: Snow Hill and South Georgia, in Ushuaia, Argentina, November 15, 2090. Embarkation is on the 16th. Disembarkation is in Stanley, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), with the expedition ending in Santiago, Chile, December 6, 2009. Per person pricing for this voyage begins at $21,890 for a triple cabin. Twin cabins begin at $28,490 per person. A group flight from Stanley to Santiago is an additional charge of $699 per person. Prices in US dollars. For more information, call Quark Expeditions at 800-356-5699.

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