Just so I don't get hollered at for my post, I am directing my comments to everyone EXCEPT Cruiseej. I did this trip in November, 2021. We were the very first commercial flight from Santiago to Puerto Williams. The owner of the airline was on the flight with us to celebrate. A lot of press and champagne. A very memorable trip.
I received the same warning about the weight limits. I can't promise that 2022 will be the same as my flight in 2021, but my carryon weighed about 21 lbs (it was a rolling backpack with all my electronics and meds) and my 1 checked bag was 57 lbs. Our luggage was picked up at the hotel in Santiago and we never saw it again until we were on the ship. I did rent the boots from SS, so that cut down on the weight. They fit perfect and I didn't have to deal with a pair of boots with loads of penguin poop in my suitcase on the way home. We had about 80 people on the 18 night trip and only a small handful had their own boots. I brought my own waterproof pants and the rest of the cold weather gear. The parka that SS supplies is great. I was surprised how warn the weather was. We had a low of maybe 28 and a high of about 40, and that was November. The only time you get cold is on the long zodiac rides in the open water. When you are on land, you are hiking, and you find yourself shedding clothes. I did use the laundry service on board a couple times, but I also overpacked and brought some clothes back that I never wore. I was on the Explorer and I packed nice dress slacks to wear for dinner. After the first day, most guests were wearing jean and very casual clothes for all the meals. In some cases we would get back to the ship from an excursion and there wasn't enough time, or energy, to change for dinner, so most people just shed the heavy clothes and wore what they wore on the excursion for dinner. All my nice dinner clothes remained on hangers in the closet. If I had to pack again for this trip, I would easily hit the 50 lb limit, if I was willing to use the ship's laundry once or twice. I am doing the Arctic in 2023, and I know I will be able to meet the required 50 lb weight limit for the charter flight at the beginning of the trip. I realize that everyone has their own set of travel idiosyncrasies, but travel to Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falklands is a different kind of trip. Again. please don't holler at me. This is directed to anyone else who might be taking this spectacular trip.