[imagesource: Instagram / Shaun White]

Remember the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen’s 26-metre superyacht dubbed the ‘Octopus’, one of the largest yachts in the world, and how it was set to take fancy people on fancy trips to the South Pole?

Yeah, that’s hip and happening right now as a couple of high-flying celebs showed off their expensive AF trip on the ‘Gram.

The Octopus was sold to Swedish billionaire Roger Samuelsson in 2021 for around $250 million and has since been available for charter via Mayfair-based yacht broker Camper & Nicholsons from $2,2 million per week.

The eight-decked, 12-sleeper superyacht has two helipads, a gym, a spa, a cinema, a library, a pool, a basketball court, an underwater observation lounge, and seven support vessels.

The superyacht takes those lucky enough to have deep pockets on scenic expeditions to Antarctica (where the vessel also partakes in scientific research) allowing the wealthy clientele to make preposterous requests to turn their trip into the ultimate luxury excursion.

NZ Herald reported that Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, former professional snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White and his actress girlfriend Nina Dobrev, along with Zoey Deutch and Jared Leto, were among a group of celebrities who kicked off the new year cruising around the southernmost continent:

Photos and videos the stars posted on social media showed the group on a luxury superyacht, posing with penguins and snowboarding.

I don’t know about you, but it’s hard to look at the photos with all this jealousy clouding my vision:

 

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Here’s more from Leto:

 

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And Nina:

 

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And her man Shaun:

 

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Last but not least, Zoey:

 

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An American TikToker did a deep dive on the trip and revealed how much it approximately cost each person who went, with one person joking that it feels like being “stuck somewhere between ‘damn I want to be rich’ and ‘eat the rich'”:

@ivebentraveling How much did #shaunwhite & #ninadobrev New Year’s trip to #antarctica cost?? 🇦🇶 #zoeydeutch #jimmytatro #jaredleto #paulallen #octopussuperyacht #luxuryvacation #celebrityvacation #traveltiktok #visitantarctica #drakespassage ♬ Sunroof – Nicky Youre & dazy

Perhaps Lewis Hamilton, who Forbes reported to have made $65 million last year across contracts and sponsorships, spotted the group trip for his 38th birthday, which was on January 7.

Well, well, well. Off I go to sleep of this envy.

[source:nzherald]