Spitsbergen, Eastern Greenland, Iceland
Multiple Departures
Start: Longyearbyen
Finish: Reykjavik
Day 1
Embarkation: Longyearbyen
This three-country Arctic adventure begins on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen at Longyearbyen.
Day 2-4
Exploring Spitsbergen
We’ll spend three days exploring the largest of the Svalbard islands. We’ll taking advantage of local weather and ice conditions to seek polar bear and walrus. Anticipate a visit to the 14th of July Glacier, Ny Alesund and Moffen Island.
Day 5-6
Greenland Sea
While at sea, the Expedition Team will deliver illustrated presentations about the wildlife and cultures you will encounter in Greenland, the second of the three Arctic countries you visit during this expedition.
Day 7-12
Eastern Greenland
The coast of eastern Greenland is wild, rugged and often ice-bound, an excellent habitat for wildlife that require ice floes to thrive. We’ll sail the ice edge searching for walrus and polar bear. We’ll compare cultures as we visit the remains of ancient Thule settlement and a remote modern village. Before leaving Greenland we plan to sail into Scoresbysund, the largest fjord complex in the world, and the birthplace of icebergs.
Day 13
Westman Islands
The history of the Westman Islands is as shrouded by the mists of time as a Norse Saga. You’ll learn more of the history of these Icelandic islands on a walking tour of Heimaey. Like the rest of Iceland, the Westman Islands are volanically active, creating as recently as 1973, a new island, Surtsey.
Day 14
Reykjavik
The expedition disembarks in Reykjavik, the capital of the third Arctic country you visit, Iceland.