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24 Nov

New Fly & Cruise Options for Antarctica

We have two new exciting Fly & Cruise Expeditions to Antarctica. You reach Antarctica on a quick two-hour flight from Punta Arenas, Chile and get going right away on your wilderness adventure. The 73-passenger ship means you get on and off faster, so your time ashore is focussed where it should be: savouring every moment of a travel experience unlike any other.

Have you been waiting for a more comfortable way to reach Antarctica and maximize your time exploring? View our new expeditions here or contact our Polar Specialist Martine to learn more.

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30 Oct

Special Booking Terms Extended!

From now until December 31, 2020, you can reserve your spot with a $50 per person registration fee. We’ll firm up with you when the travel advisory is lifted. We’re prepared with our Tour Ready and Travel Safe guidelines to optimize health and hygiene on tour and to make sure we provide you with the fulfilling experience you expect.

Please be in touch and give yourself something to look forward to; one of our small group trips or a fully customized Private Journey. Our website is filled with travel inspiration!

- Lewie

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02 Oct

Leaves falling, new webinars dropping

The leaves are falling and new webinars are dropping! Look under Events (right) to see what's coming up, including our incredibly popular Armchair Art Tours and a new virtual tour series with our friends at Ontario Nature.

All our webinars are free to join. If you cannot attend at the scheduled time, please register anyway in order to receive the recording afterwards. You can watch at a time that's convenient for you!

Reminder: It’s our 50th anniversary! Until October 31, 2020, you can secure your spot on any 2021 land tour with a deposit of $50 per person. A further $450 deposit is due when the Canadian government Travel Advisory to your destination is lifted.

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Upcoming Events

03 Dec

WEBINAR: Literature in Québec with Melanie Blake

Join Classical Pursuits director Melanie Blake for a virtual trip to beautiful Quebec City and discover underappreciated literary works, many of which have been translated into English. This first part in a series of two gives an overview of Quebecois literary history from the 16th century to the Montreal School and the first decades of the 20th century.

Believe it or not, "not a page of French was printed in New France" from the time of Jacques Cartier's explorations in the 1530s until the establishment of the Quebec Gazette in 1764. Colonial literature came from and looked to Europe. But from the start, stories, travelogues, songs and plays written in and about Quebec also reflected a complex cultural and linguistic milieu and an ever-changing relationship to France and Canada.

Melanie is the director of Classical Pursuits and has led trips in France, Belgium, Colombia, Mexico and Italy. She has been a student of francophone culture since her first day of French class in 1991 and looks forward to sharing the richness of Quebecois literature with you.

Thursday, December 3 2020 2:00pm - 3:00pm

Free to attend!