Spitsbergen & Northeast Greenland

The name Spitsbergen means "jagged peaks" and was given by the Dutch explorer, Willem Barents, who discovered the island while searching for the Northern Sea Route in 1596. Today, it is a vast wilderness that is home to an incredible flora and fauna with its location just some 900kms south of the North Pole. The exhilaration of sighting Polar Bear as they roam the ice in search of food, watching the playful activities of Grey Seals or observing a group of walrus are just some of the highlights found on this voyage. Zodiacs will ferry us from our ice-strengthened vessels to shore to walk amongst the tundra up to high points where there are sweeping views across the vast glaciated inland and down to the iceberg-strewn bay where our ship is dwarfed by the monumental landscape. We continue on to the coast of Northeast Greenland where there will be possible sightings of Musk Ox, Arctic Fox, Stoat, Collared Lemming and Arctic Hare.

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DAY 1 Embark Longyearbyen
DAYS 2/12 Cruise Spitsbergen to Northeast Greenland
DAY 13 Disembark Akureyri (Iceland) where trip concludes