Le Commandant-Charcot

Follow in the footsteps of the great polar explorers in discreet luxury Ponant’s ground-breaking new polar expedition vessel, arriving in March 2021, bears the name Le Commandant Charcot in recognition of the early 20th century explorer Captain Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who crossed the Arctic Circle and travelled to the Arctic for the first time in 1902.

Le Dumont-d’Urville

Everything is in place for an extraordinary cruise experience Ponant’s Explorer ships just keep on coming, with its ice-class vessel, Dumont-d’Urville, joining the fleet in June 2019 – the fourth to arrive in just 12 months. It belongs to a new generation of ships fitted with innovative equipment and designed to be environmentally friendly, with

Le Lapérouse

First ship in a new series that remains true to the Ponant spirit