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The Arctic, and especially its hub, the North Pole, was once reserved, as Theo Cruz quipped, for “the hard-bitten and the frostbitten.” But we explore the Arctic’s epic vastness in a leisurely comfort that enhances the joy of its stunning sights and rare experiences, and lets us revel in the attainment of the top of the world.

We voyage throughout the Arctic in mighty Russian icebreakers—tough as nails outside, but with cruise-ship-like accoutrement inside—and keep busy with onboard lectures, helicopter trips, visits to the bridge, wildlife sightings, and the drama of ice and light that makes the Arctic so fiercely compelling. We find the truth of Barry Lopez’s observation in Arctic Dreams that while tundra may “initially appear barren, [it] can open suddenly like a corona of a flower, when any intimacy with it is sought.” And if our journey takes us to the North Pole, we might even follow the example of the great photographer-writer Galen Rowell and “dance a circle through 24 time zones and drink toasts.”
Arctic Luxury Tour Map
Arctic Islands Arctic Islands
Highlights: Franz Josef Land, Svalbard, Northeast Greenland National Park, King Oscar Fjord and Scoresby Sund, Iceland
Arctic Quest: Canadian Arctic and Greenland Arctic Quest
Highlights: Lancaster Sound, Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, Coburg Island, icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov,
North Pole North Pole
Highlights: Russian icebreaker Yamal, Murmansk, on-board lectures, helicopter trips, visits to the bridge, wildlife sightings, North Pole, Franz Josef Islands
Arctic cruise wildlife: polar bear Solar Eclipse at the North Pole
Highlights: Total solar Eclipse, North Pole, double hull nuclear icebreaker, Arctic wildlife
Wrangel Island flora The Northeast Passage
Highlights: Bering Straits, Wrangel Island, East Siberian Sea, New Siberian Islands, Laptev Sea and Severnaya Zemlya, Kara Sea and Novaya Zemlya, Barents Sea, Murmansk
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