Ponant
Ponant is the world's leading luxury expedition company — combining polar expertise, extraordinary destinations, and refined Gallic elegance. Their Le Commandant Charcot is the world's first luxury nuclear-powered icebreaker.
Included on every voyage.
Polar Expertise
France's leading polar operator — Antarctica, Arctic, and remote archipelagos.
Le Commandant Charcot
World's only luxury nuclear icebreaker — reaching the geographic North Pole.
French Elegance
Refined Gallic cuisine, service, and design throughout.
Intimate Ships
92–270 guests — true expedition intimacy with luxury comfort.
Virtuoso Benefit
$300 shipboard credit and exclusive expedition briefing.
Le Ponant Yacht
64-guest three-masted sailing yacht for the most intimate voyages.
Ships we know.
Le Commandant Charcot
World's only luxury icebreaker, 270 guests.
Le Bellot
Explorer-class, 184 guests, polar.
Le Bougainville
184 guests, expedition luxury.
Le Ponant
64 guests, three-masted sailing yacht.