Ross Sea
Historic expedition huts and research-station neighbours around the Ross Sea, reached on long voyages from New Zealand or Hobart. Sea ice decides which landings happen.
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Getting into town
A walkable port isn't necessarily step-free. At tender ports, the walk starts at the landing. A fare may cover only part of the journey, so check the guide for the full route.
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| Port | Destination | Walking assessment | Time / distance | Arrival | Shuttle / public transport |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape AdareAntarctica | Cape Adare has no settlement; the shore destination is Borchgrevink's huts on the southern shore of Ridley Beach, inside Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 159. | Not recorded on foot with your guides across Ridley Beach, a flat shingle foreland; there are no defined paths, and nesting penguins often limit where you can go. | Walk: Not recorded Distance: Not recorded | Tender · walking starts after landing | Shuttle: not recorded Public transport: not recorded |
| Cape EvansAntarctica | Cape Evans has no settlement; the shore destination is Scott's Terra Nova hut, about 30 m from the shore at Home Beach, inside Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 155. | Not recorded inside the protected area you walk with a guide, on no defined paths; outside it you may roam under supervision. | Walk: Not recorded Distance: Not recorded | Tender · walking starts after landing | Shuttle: not recorded Public transport: not recorded |
| Cape HallettAntarctica | Cape Hallett has no settlement; the shore destination is Visitor Site A or Visitor Site B on the shore of Seabee Hook, beside ASPA No. 106. The expedition team takes you ashore by Zodiac. Unlike the Ross Island hut sites, this guideline limits the ships themselves: only ships carrying 200 passengers or fewer, only one ship a day, no more than 100 visitors ashore at once (guides not counted) and one guide for every 20 visitors. | Not recorded you can roam freely within the visitor site you land at; when sea ice is absent or unsafe, small groups with one guide to ten passengers may walk the shoreline along the protected-area boundary between the two sites. | Walk: Not recorded Distance: Not recorded | Tender · walking starts after landing | Shuttle: not recorded Public transport: not recorded |
| Cape RoydsAntarctica | Cape Royds has no settlement; the shore destination is Shackleton's Nimrod hut inside Antarctic Specially Protected Area (ASPA) No. 157, reached on foot from the Backdoor Bay landing. Boats must keep out of the colony's protected area, which takes in the water within 500 m of the shore around Flagstaff Point. All four of Heritage's Ross Sea voyages in 2025 and 2026 got ashore, but in January 2026 the bay was full of sea ice on the first day; the ship went to Cape Evans, and a northerly wind cleared the bay overnight. | Not recorded follow the designated path from Backdoor Bay past a New Zealand shelter hut and down a shallow valley to the hut; one 2026 landing describes about 20 minutes over black lava hills. | Walk: See walking conditions Distance: Not recorded | Tender · walking starts after landing | Shuttle: not recorded Public transport: not recorded |
| McMurdo StationAntarctica | McMurdo Station is a research station, not a town; the shore destination is Scott's Discovery hut at Hut Point, about 500 m west of the station. | Not recorded only within the free-roaming area around the hut, from the concrete barriers at the end of the station road to Vince's Cross; other roads and trails on the peninsula, including the ridgeline trail above the hut, are closed to visitors. | Walk: Not recorded Distance: Not recorded | Tender · walking starts after landing | Shuttle: not recorded Public transport: not recorded |
| Terra Nova BayAntarctica | Terra Nova Bay is a bay with research stations, not a town; the shore destinations are the coast near Gondwana Station and, on some voyages, the Inexpressible Island shore below the Northern Party ice-cave site. Ice or weather can cancel the landing; the expedition team decides on the day. | Not recorded near Gondwana, Heritage's logs describe anything from a gentle stroll around the German station to treks inland, with some walkers covering up to 5 miles (8 km); on Inexpressible Island there's no marked path to the ice-cave site. | Walk: Not recorded Distance: Not recorded | Tender · walking starts after landing | Shuttle: not recorded Public transport: not recorded |
How to read these comparisons
We only compare shuttles and public transport where walking isn't a clear yes. A bus or shuttle may cover only part of the way, or go somewhere else entirely, so check the guide for the route and what the ticket covers. Free shuttles come first. Fares are only put in order when the tickets are the same kind.
Not recorded: we haven't checked this yet, though the guide may say more. None: the guide records no such service. Not applicable: the comparison doesn't fit, either because the guide covers a route or several places, or because you can walk and a shuttle doesn't matter. Unknown fare: there's a service, but we don't have its price. Service unknown: we haven't confirmed the shuttle runs.
Times and distances run from the berth or landing to the landmark named in each guide. That isn't always the city on your itinerary. On the walking page, realistic walks come first, then conditional ones, then ports where walking isn't practical. Within each group, the shortest walks come first.