Arctic
Svalbard
Arctic
Arctic
Duration: 8 days / 7 nights on board.
Ends: Longyearbyen, Norway.
Language: English speaking voyage
The itinerary is a guide only and is subject to change due to weather and ice conditions. Your Captain and Expedition Leader will make the necessary adjustments to ensure the best possible experience.
Motor Yachts More info about this activity
Enjoy the intimacy of a small yacht, with no more than 12 passengers on board. A unique experience were the feelings of adventure and belonging merge as they only can on this micro cruises.
Shore Excursion More info about this activity
Shore excursions are the backbone of almost all itineraries, with most ships making landfall at least once every day once they reach their destination. The weather plays a huge role in your daily itinerary, although given the sheer array of fantastic landing sites all over there are plenty of options your Captain and Expedition Leader can choose from. On-shore excursions allow you to visit scientific research stations, communities, prominent wildlife colonies and take hikes to elevated viewing points for fantastic photography.
Photo Workshop More info about this activity
The photography workshops are composed of onboard lectures and practical activities led by dedicated expedition guide. Each session is meant to give you additional skills you can put into immediate practice out in nature.
You'll become more familiar with your own camera equipment while also learning best practices for taking pictures of moving wildlife and wide-open terrain in typical polar conditions, such as dim lighting and falling snow.
Zodiac cruising More info about this activity
On board the Zodiac you will discover a world of possibilities; accessing the most exclusive landing sites, cruising the coast in search of wildlife or simply enjoying a tour in the calm of the polar regions in search of marine wildlife or bird colonies.
The blue ice an its intimate presence is experienced at its best on zodiac tours.
It is not uncommon to meet curious seals, or humpback whales feeding.
Enrichment Program More info about this activity
Expedition cruising must be one of the most incredible ways of travelling. Not only for the amazing places you visit and the unforgetable wildlife but for the wildlife, the sensory overload and the unimaginable memories.
But all of this needs a context in order to understand where you are and what you are experiencing.
On board your expedition vessell you will find a group of experts, naturalists, zodiac drivers and guides that that will translate the language of nature for you, telling you the stories of the places you are visiting, reviewing the historical, biological, ecological and geological aspects of your trips.
You will experience first hand what surrounds you and arrive back home wiser and loaded with new knowledge.
Early season in Svalbard means a bewitching pastel light in sub-zero temperatures, providing a call to adventure for any landscape photographer. Springtime here is everything the High Arctic should be: mountains wrapped in an unbroken blanket of snow and fjords patterned with shattering sea ice. This frozen landscape serves as the perfect canvas to elevate your photography skills, where the light has a studio-like softness and the sun dips without ever fully setting. It is a world-class setting for capturing frozen seascapes and crystalline icebergs in soft-hued light.
This micro cruise expedition focuses on patience and immersion, essential for capturing the best wildlife shots of your life. With the smallest group sizes, the journey offers a flexible itinerary and more time ashore exploring and photographing. Guided by award-winning legends of polar photography, guests receive expert in-field tuition while scouting for whales, Arctic foxes, seals, and polar bears. It is a transformative experience where less crowd means more immersion, ensuring a deeper connection with the team and the natural world through the camera lens.
Highlights:
Best time to visit the Arctic for landscape photography, capturing frozen seascapes and snowy mountains.
Chance to encounter wildlife including whales, Arctic foxes, walruses, and polar bears against snowy backdrops.
Expert in-field tuition and one-on-one experience with award-winning legends of polar photography.
Micro cruise expedition offering small group sizes for a flexible itinerary and more time exploring.
Exciting Zodiac cruises to search for calving ice and navigate crystalline ice-strewn fjords.
Day 1: Depart
Sail past ice field and plateau mountainous landscape
Depart Longyearbyen at 4pm. Sail past striking Fuglefjella (Bird Mountain), a fine example of plateau mountainous landscape, as we leave Longyearbyen.
Day 2: Isfjorden and Prins Karls Forland
Alpine geology and walrus colonies
Alkhornet, at the opening of Isfjorden, showcases the change in geology from plateau to edge-dominated, alpine mountainous landscape. Explore Poolepynten, a headland on Prins Karls Forland, home to a walrus colony and burial site.
Day 3: Searching the ice edge
Polar bears and pack ice
Search the ice edge, a dynamic setting of texture and light, home to seals, seabirds, and polar bears.
Day 4–07: Northwestern Spitsbergen
Whaling history and calving glaciers
Land at Sallyhamna, a hut built in 1937, rich in history and cultural remains from the 1600s whaling period. Continue south to explore Gravnesodden in Magdalenefjorden. Land at Camp Zoe, an old trappers’ hut; take a Zodiac cruise of Lilliehöökbreen, in search of calving ice, before continuing south back to Isfjorden and Longyearbyen.
Day 8: Return
Disembark in Longyearbyen
Disembark in Longyearbyen at 9am. The city is surrounded by mountains, concluding the journey in Spitsbergen.
Day 1: Depart
Sail past ice field and plateau mountainous landscape
Depart Longyearbyen at 4pm. Sail past striking Fuglefjella (Bird Mountain), a fine example of plateau mountainous landscape, as we leave Longyearbyen.
Day 2: Isfjorden and Prins Karls Forland
Alpine geology and walrus colonies
Alkhornet, at the opening of Isfjorden, showcases the change in geology from plateau to edge-dominated, alpine mountainous landscape. Explore Poolepynten, a headland on Prins Karls Forland, home to a walrus colony and burial site.
Day 3: Searching the ice edge
Polar bears and pack ice
Search the ice edge, a dynamic setting of texture and light, home to seals, seabirds, and polar bears.
Day 4–07: Northwestern Spitsbergen
Whaling history and calving glaciers
Land at Sallyhamna, a hut built in 1937, rich in history and cultural remains from the 1600s whaling period. Continue south to explore Gravnesodden in Magdalenefjorden. Land at Camp Zoe, an old trappers’ hut; take a Zodiac cruise of Lilliehöökbreen, in search of calving ice, before continuing south back to Isfjorden and Longyearbyen.
Day 8: Return
Disembark in Longyearbyen
Disembark in Longyearbyen at 9am. The city is surrounded by mountains, concluding the journey in Spitsbergen.
INCLUSIONS
Lectures, workshops on board, and daily exploratory activities
Free use of ship’s Wi-Fi powered by Starlink
Full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner) beverages served during meals, while on board our micro cruises
Rubber polar standard boots for shore landings
One piece insulation suits available on board
IAATO and AECO fees, and operational fees and permits included
Due to restricted local service options, all transfers included - from the airport to your hotel on arrival, between your hotel and the ship for embarkation and disembarkation, and from your hotel to the airport on departure day
EXCLUSIONS
International flights – we recommend booking early. For excellent service and support, consider using our partner Exito Travel
Travel and cancellation insurance – we strongly recommend securing coverage to protect your expedition. For guidance, see our Travel Insurance Checklist
Additional expenses outside of what is included in the voyage or optional activities
Gratuities
Additional purchases or services on board
Other transfer or hotels unless specified as included as part of the voyage description
• For 2 Guests
• Comfortable double bed
• Ensuite shower and toilet
• 15 m²
• Located on deck 3
• Window
• Desk & chair
• Wardrobe
• For 2 Guests
• Comfortable double or twin bed
• Ensuite shower and toilet
• 15 m²
• Located on deck 1
• Window
• Desk & chair
• Wardrobe
• For 1 guest
• 10 m²
• Located on decks 1 and 2
• Window
• Wardrobe
• Cabin 6 - 7
* The prices are per person in US Dollars, unless expressly specified in a different currency. In that case, payment will be in US dollars at the exchange rate of the day.
** Rates are correct at the time of publication. All prices will be re-confirmed by email at the time of booking.
NOTE: Embracing the unexpected is part of the legacy—and excitement—of expedition travel. When traveling in extremely remote regions, your expedition staff must allow the sea, the ice and the weather to guide route and itinerary details. This itinerary is a tentative outline of what you’ll experience on this voyage; please be aware that no specific itinerary can be guaranteed.
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