Quark Expeditions
Cruise line · ships, cruises and homeports
Quark Expeditions sails 3 ships from 5 homeports to 27 ports. Most cruises are 9–13 nights, mostly in the South America.
- ShipsShips in service
- 3
- CruisesCruises · 12 mo
- 41
- Homeports
- 5
- PortsPorts visited
- 27
- next 12 months
- Avg ship ageAverage ship age
- 5 yrs
The Quark Expeditions fleet
3 ships in service
| Photo | Ship | Built | Gross tonnage | Decks | Cabins | Guests | Crew |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ultramarine 2021 · 13,500 GT | 2021 | 13,500 | 8 | 103 | 199 | 140 | |
| Ocean Explorer Infinity class · 2021 · 8,228 GT | 2021 | 8,228 | 10 | 80 | 138 | 99 | |
| Ocean Odyssey Infinity class · 2022 · 8,228 GT | 2022 | 8,228 | 9 | 77 | 209 | 91 |
Where Quark Expeditions sails
Ships starting a cruise in each region, by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027
Most of the fleet sails in the South America: 2 ships at its busiest in Jan and 1 in Nov. Quark Expeditions also sails in Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia, Arctic , Antarctica and Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands.
| Region | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South America | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||||||||
| Arctic , Antarctica | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands | 2 | 2 |
Ships in region:1–23–56–1516+
A ship counts in a region when a cruise starting that month has most of its port calls there.
How long Quark Expeditions cruises are
Share of sailings by length, against other cruise lines in the same region and month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027
Across all regions, 80% of Quark Expeditions sailings are 9–13 nights, against 16% for other cruise lines.
Quark Expeditions
41 sailings
Other cruise lines
15,963 sailings
Up to 5 nights6–8 nights9–13 nights14+ nights
| Length | Quark Expeditions | Other lines | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 5 nights | 0% · 0 | 22% · 3,545 | −22 pts |
| 6–8 nights | 5% · 2 | 49% · 7,874 | −44 pts |
| 9–13 nights | 80% · 33 | 16% · 2,486 | +65 pts |
| 14+ nights | 15% · 6 | 13% · 2,058 | +2 pts |
Sailings starting in the period. A voyage sold from several embarkation ports is counted once. Region = where most of the sailing’s port calls are. Difference in percentage points.
Quark Expeditions capacity
Available passenger cruise days (APCD): lower berths × nights · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027
- APCD · 12 months
- 0.07M
- Share of all capacity
- 0.0%
- of 326.9M APCD on 45 lines
- Rank by capacity
- 44th
- ahead of SeaDream 0.06M
- Berths at sea per day
- 216
- average
By month
APCD per month · share of all cruise capacity that month below · Oct counts from 23 Oct
Busiest monthOther months
By region
Quark Expeditions APCD and its share of all cruise capacity in each region · top 4 regions
| Region | By month | APCD | Share of region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia 0.1% of the region | 0.03M | 0.1% | |
| Arctic , Antarctica 5.1% of the region | 0.02M | 5.1% | |
| Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands 0.8% of the region | 0.02M | 0.8% | |
| South America 0.1% of the region | 0.01M | 0.1% |
Berths = guests at double occupancy. Each ship-night is counted once, even when the voyage is sold from several ports, in the month it falls in. A sailing’s nights count in the region where most of its port calls are. All capacity = the cruise lines CruiseDig tracks, not the whole industry.
Where Quark Expeditions cruises start
Top 5 of 5 homeports by departures in the next 12 months
| Homeport | Departures | Ships | Plan your departure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helsinki Finland · 2 ships | 16 | 2 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Ushuaia Argentina · 1 ship | 11 | 1 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Reykjavík Iceland · 2 ships | 7 | 2 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Buenos Aires Argentina · 1 ship | 5 | 1 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
| Punta Arenas Chile · 1 ship | 2 | 1 | ParkingHotelsGetting there |
Top ports of call
Calls in the next 12 months · 25 ports
- 1HelsinkiFinland32
- 2LongyearbyenNorway32
- 3UshuaiaArgentina32
- 4ReykjavíkIceland13
- 5KangerlussuaqGreenland10
- 6Buenos AiresArgentina5
- 7NuukGreenland5
- 8Punta ArenasChile5
- 9King George IslandAntarctica4
- 10SisimiutGreenland4
- 11UummannaqGreenland3
- 12Beechey Island CanadaCanada2