Le Boreal

Ponant Cruises · ice-strengthened cruise ship class · 2010

Le Boreal measures 10,944 gross tons, with room for 224 guests. Le Boreal sails 10-night cruises from Buenos Aires and moves to Lisbon in Apr 2027.

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Ponant expedition ship Le Boreal moored in Dublin Port
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Built
2010
Tonnage
10,944
Decks
7
Cabins
132
Guests
224
264 at full occupancy
Crew
140

Le Boreal cruise schedule

37 cruises in the next 12 months · open a cruise to see its itinerary · all times local

    1. Buenos Aires
      ParkingHotels
      Thu 12 Nov 6:00 pm
      Port crowd
    2. At sea
      Fri 13 Nov
    3. At sea
      Sat 14 Nov
    4. Puerto Madryn
      Sun 15 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
      Port crowd
    5. At sea
      Mon 16 Nov
    6. At sea
      Tue 17 Nov
    7. Stanley
      Wed 18 Nov11:59 pm11:59 pm
      Port crowd
    8. At sea
      Thu 19 Nov
    9. At sea
      Fri 20 Nov
    10. South Georgia Island
      Sat 21 Nov 11:59 pmMon 23 Nov 11:59 pm
      Port crowd
    11. At sea
      Tue 24 Nov
    12. At sea
      Wed 25 Nov
    13. Antarctica Peninsula
      Thu 26 Nov 11:59 pmFri 27 Nov 11:59 pm
    14. Drake Passage
      Sat 28 Nov 11:59 pmSun 29 Nov 11:59 pm
    15. Ushuaia
      ParkingHotels
      Mon 30 Nov 11:59 pm
      Port crowd

Showing 6 of 37 cruises

Where Le Boreal sails

Homeport and departures by month · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Mediterranean, with more in the Arctic , Antarctica. Le Boreal sails from Buenos Aires (Nov 2026 – Mar 2027), Ushuaia (Nov 2026 – Mar 2027) and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (from Apr 2027).

Buenos AiresUshuaiaLas Palmas de Gran CanariaCasablancaLisbonBarcelonaVillefranche-sur-MerCivitavecchiaVenicePalermoVallettaMálagaPonta DelgadaBordeauxLivornoNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Le Boreal visits

83 ports of call in the next 12 months · homeports not counted

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Le Boreal sails

Sailings starting in the next 12 months · Nov 2026 – Oct 2027 · from published itineraries

Port intensity

Port days and sea days per cruise, between embarkation and return

Time in port
11 h
median · 5 – 96 h
Port days
77%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
44
staying past midnight
Late departures
89
after 8:00 pm · latest 11:59 pm

Cruise patterns

  • 3 ports · 0 sea days10 nights7 cruises
  • 5 ports · 0 sea days7 nights5 cruises
  • 4 ports · 0 sea days5 nights4 cruises
  • 7 ports · 0 sea days8 nights3 cruises
  • 5 ports · 6 sea days17 nights2 cruises

Port daySea dayEmbarkation and return days not shown

Sea days are the days between embarkation and return with no port call. Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out. Late departure = leaving a port of call after 8:00 pm, local time.

Le Boreal specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Ponant Cruises
Class
ice-strengthened cruise ship class
Year built
2010
Status
In service
IMO
9502506
MMSI
578000500

Size

Gross tonnage
10,944 GT
Length
142.1 m
Beam
18 m
Decks
7
Cruising speed
16 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
224
Guests, full occupancy
264
Cabins
132
Crew
140
Guests per crew member
1.6
Space per guest
48.9 GT

How it compares

317th largest of 350 ships in service, shared with L'Austral

Gross tonnage

  • Le Boreal10,944
  • Ponant Cruises average9,880
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Le Boreal224
  • Ponant Cruises average166
  • All ships in service2,189

ice-strengthened cruise ship class sister ships

Same design and size as Le Boreal

See the Ponant Cruises fleet

Also from Ponant Cruises: Le Commandant Charcot, Le Bellot, Le Dumont d'Urville, Le Jacques Cartier, Le Bougainville, Le Champlain

About Le Boreal

Le Boréal was built by Fincantieri at Ancona and delivered to Compagnie du Ponant in April 2010. On 18 November 2015 an engine-room fire off East Falkland left her without propulsion, and all passengers and crew were evacuated safely. She was carried to Genoa on a heavy-lift ship, repaired by Fincantieri and returned to service on 24 May 2016. In April 2026 she was fitted with a new bulbous bow at Astican in Las Palmas to cut fuel use.