PRESS & PARTNERS

Endurance22 Expedition

White Desert are supporting the historical Endurance22 Expedition, which is aiming to locate, survey and film the hunt for Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ship lost to the sea ice in 1915.

In partnership with the Falklands Maritime Heritage Trust (FMHT), White Desert will be deploying an expert logistics team of 8 staff to provide living support, safety and on-ice survival assistance.

Departing from Cape Town, South Africa to Antarctica’s Weddell Sea on 5th February 2022, the team will deploy from the S.A. Augulhas directly onto the sea ice.

Snow Queen

Snow Queen Vodka was established in 1994 by Gulnida Toichieva as a Kazakhstani family owned bespoke beverage house.

Hidden in mystery, much like the vastly unexplored landscape of Antarctica, Snow Queen Vodka offers unparalleled elegance and exceptional purity.

This season White Desert and Snow Queen Vodka unearth their Snow Lounge and Ice Bar, an unexpected touch of luxury inspired by nature's wonder.

Baffin

Since its inception in 1979, world renowned Canadian footwear and apparel brand Baffin has produced technically advanced gear designed to perform in the world's most extreme conditions.

Antarctica's landscape is a formidable environment. Baffin provides our guests and team with high quality outdoor gear that is both dependable and durable in the world's driest, coldest, highest and windiest continent.

Lagavulin

Founded in 1816 on the south coast of Islay, Lagavulin's irreverent history is reflected in its distinctively feisty flavour profile which features a bold seaside smokiness.

A connoisseur favourite, Lagavulin was the undisputed choice of whiskey to offer guests of White Desert upon their return to camp following a day of exploration.

ExecuJet

ExecuJet’s team of dedicated aviation professionals operate, manage and charter one of the largest and most diverse fleet of private and commercially registered aircraft in the world, providing businesses and VIP passengers with safe, discreet, efficient, and luxurious travel solutions.

As part of the Luxaviation Group, ExecuJet’s fleet composition ensures that the company can offer aircraft to suit any mission requirement, from short distance field operations aircraft or ultra-long-range products, providing non-stop capability between a variety of cities. ExecuJet customers further benefit from access to the Group’s innovative travel experiences divisions and Fine Wines.

Bremont

Bremont is an award-winning British company producing beautifully engineered chronometers at the headquarters in Henley on Thames, England. Time began for Bremont in 2002, when Nick and Giles English, Co-Founders, embarked on a journey to make beautifully crafted pilot’s watches of exceptional quality. Inspired by a love of flying historic aircraft, of watches and all things mechanical, Bremont timepieces have to be tested beyond the normal call of duty.

Immensely precise, reliable and durable, Bremont watches are hand built in limited numbers. Each is designed to appeal to those who share Nick and Giles’ passion for - and appreciation of - the innovation and mastery behind a beautiful mechanical wristwatch. Bremont has crafted a bespoke watch, in partnership with White Desert, for guests to purchase after their epic adventure to the South Pole. The watch can be engraved with the date of their journey as a timeless reminder of the experience.