Built for the journey, not the brochure.
An independent advisory placing two hundred travellers a year on the right ship, route, and season for what they came for.
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Founder
Ten Antarctic seasons. A small practice, by design.
Before founding 7CEI, Raj built routing and onboard experience for hundreds of polar voyages with Quark Expeditions and Adventure Canada. 7CEI is what he would want as a traveller — independent advice, no inventory pressure, and ten seasons of insider judgment.
Raj Shetty
MD & Founder
Why 7CEI
An advisory practice, not a booking platform.
Insider routing
Ten Antarctic seasons and Arctic operations across the major fleets. Routing decisions backed by direct experience.
Independent
We work for travellers, not operators. No quotas, no preferred-partner pressure.
Operator-agnostic
Forty-plus vessels considered for every brief. Recommendations based on what fits, not what is available.
Quiet aftercare
Reachable through departure, prepared for weather realities. Calm hands when itineraries shift.
How we work
A conversation, then a clean recommendation.
No booking funnel. Most enquiries move from listening to confirmation in under two weeks.
Step 01
Listen
Wildlife priorities, sea-day tolerance, photography goals, family pacing.
Step 02
Shortlist
Two or three options sourced from the right operators, ships, and seasons.
Step 03
Refine
Cabin choices, route nuance, expedition team strength, quiet upgrades worth paying for.
Step 04
Confirm
Clean handover to the operator. Reachable through departure.
Signature voyages
Two ships, one principle.
Le Commandant Charcot is the only luxury vessel rated to reach the Geographic North Pole. m/s Paul Gauguin is the only large ship purpose-built for the remote atolls of French Polynesia. Different climates, same idea of what a ship should be capable of.
From a recent traveller
"7CEI understood exactly how to balance wilderness with comfort. Every landing felt deliberate, never rushed."
Mira S. · Antarctic Peninsula, 2025
Journal
Notes from recent voyages.
Plan your expedition
Begin a conversation about your journey south — or north.
We will tell you honestly if a season, ship, or budget does not fit.