Le Commandant Charcot

Ponant Cruises · PC2-Polar Class 2 icebreaker cruise ship class · 2021

Le Commandant Charcot measures 31,283 gross tons, with room for 245 guests. Le Commandant Charcot sails 8-night cruises from Tromsø and moves to Helsinki in Nov 2026.

BuiltYear built
2021
TonnageGross tonnage
31,283
Decks
9
Cabins
123
Guests
245
245 at full occupancy
Crew
215

Le Commandant Charcot cruise schedule

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

Showing 6 of 29 cruises

Where Le Commandant Charcot sails

Homeport and departures by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of its sailings are in the Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia, with more in the Iceland, Greenland, Faroe Islands. Le Commandant Charcot sails from Tromsø (Oct 2026), Narvik (Nov 2026) and Bergen (Nov 2026 – Feb 2027).

TromsøNarvikBergenHelsinkiKemiMontrealNuukReykjavíkLongyearbyenNumber = cruises starting that month

Ports Le Commandant Charcot visits

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

HomeportPort of callSize = ship calls

How Le Commandant Charcot sails

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

Port intensity

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

Time in port
12 h
median · 0 – 109 h
Port days
56%
of days between embarkation and return
Overnight calls
34
staying past midnight
Late departures
73
after 20:00 · latest 23:59

Cruise patterns

  • 2 ports · 9 sea days12 nights4 cruises
  • 5 ports · 3 sea days9 nights3 cruises
  • 5 ports · 1 sea day8 nights2 cruises
  • 5 ports · 2 sea days8 nights2 cruises
  • 11 ports · 0 sea days14 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 Hours in port run from arrival to departure; calls with unpublished times are left out.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 20:00, local time.

Le Commandant Charcot specifications

From the cruise line and ship registries · metric units

Ship

Cruise line
Ponant Cruises
Class
PC2-Polar Class 2 icebreaker cruise ship class
Year built
2021
Status
In service
IMO
9846249
MMSI
578001700

Size

Gross tonnage
31,283 GT
Length
149.9 m
Beam
28.3 m
Decks
9
Cruising speed
15 knots

Capacity

Guests, double occupancy
245
Guests, full occupancy
245
Cabins
123
Crew
215
Guests per crew member
1.1
Space per guest
127.7 GT

How it compares

283rd largest of 350 ships in service

Gross tonnage

  • Le Commandant Charcot31,283
  • Ponant Cruises average9,880
  • All ships in service91,156

Guests, double occupancy

  • Le Commandant Charcot245
  • Ponant Cruises average166
  • All ships in service2,189

About Le Commandant Charcot

Le Commandant Charcot's hull was built at Vard Tulcea in Romania and towed to Vard Søviknes in Norway in 2020 for outfitting. She was delivered to Ponant on 29 July 2021 as the first hybrid-electric, LNG-powered Polar Class 2 cruise icebreaker. The expedition ship has 123 staterooms and suites for 245 guests.