Experience the Southern Ocean and
TRAVEL WITH OCEAN EXPEDITIONS
Ben Wallis operates an international charter service with two purpose-built vessels for high latitude expedition sailing; the 75′ steel-hulled motor sailor, Australis; and the 144′ ice-class vessel, SOLA.
SOLA is currently under construction to become a state of the art, research focused polar expedition vessel. She will be ready and capable for exciting projects in the 2025-26 season! To find out more, check out the SOLA page.
Australis vessel is based in the Southern Hemisphere and are configured for both hard working commercial projects and laid-back luxury cruising.
Australis is fully equipped to support expeditions, film crews, scientists, photographers, mountaineers, skiers, snowboarders, artists, bird watchers, divers, sightseers and adventurers of all descriptions.
In addition to all the luxuries of a well-appointed cruising vessel, Australis has large storage areas for equipment and a workshop. She carries 9 passengers plus the Ocean Expeditions crew and is registered as a commercial “Category 0 (zero – Unrestricted)” vessel. Click here to read more about our services.
WHERE AND WHEN
Ben operates year-round bouncing between the summer in the southern polar region during October to April and the summer in the northern polar region during July to September.
Click here to find out about our destinations or contact Ben with your trip suggestions to other parts of the world.
CLIENTS ONBOARD
SINCE
VOYAGES AND COUNTING
Our
EXPEDITIONS
We focus on four main categories of expeditions.
COMMERCIAL
We focus on providing a safe, professional, well equipped and efficient working platform for a wide range of commercial filming expeditions.
ECOTOURISM
If it’s laid-back luxury cruising, you’re in to or getting out and exploring the remote wilderness, then we can certainly cater for your group.
Our
DESTINATIONS
Vessel Tracking
Australis has a satellite tracking device fitted so if you have family and/or friends onboard you can track their progress during the voyage anywhere in the world.
Click here to track Australis
SOLA will be outfitted with similar satellite tracking devices – this will become available for the 2025/26 season.
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Science to help steer policy for marine protected areas in Antarctica Five years ago, at a conference in Barcelona, the seed was planted for an expedition to explore the number of species types in the West Antarctic Peninsula operating from our research vessel ‘R/V...
Type D Killer Whales
Ocean Expeditions facilitates scientific expedition and rare-sighting of Type D Killer Whales off Cape Horn, Southern Chile In January, Ocean Expeditions hosted a group of international whale research scientists onboard research vessel ‘R/V Australis’ in search of...
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