About RarestPlaces
Independent guides to the polar regions, for people deciding where to go, when, and with whom.
A trip to Antarctica or the Arctic is often the most expensive holiday a person ever takes, and most of what you can read about it is written by the companies selling it. RarestPlaces exists to give you the facts in one place: where ships actually land, which months suit which goals, how each ship and operator compares, and what it really costs.
Who we are
RarestPlaces is published by Flame Lab LLC. Our pages are written and checked by the RarestPlaces editors, using the research method described on how we research.
How we make money
Today, we don't. No operator pays us, and nobody can buy a place on a page or a better verdict. If we ever earn commissions from links to operators, every page that carries such links will say so, and the order of operators and our verdicts will not change because of it.
Tell us what we got wrong
Prices, ships and itineraries change. If you spot something out of date, use the correction form at the bottom of any page. We read every message and note corrections on the page, as our editorial policy explains.