Across the Arctic Circle - M/V Greg Mortimer
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- Visit picturesque villages and castles - once strongholds of Scottish clans
- Encounter Neolithic sites - dating back more than 5,000 years
- Experience spectacular fjords and glaciers - in Svalbard
- Search for the mighty polar bear - encounter enormous walrus haulouts
- Zodiac cruise - beneath vertical cliffs teeming with birdlife
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Arrive in Aberdeen (ABZ) and transfer to your group hotel. Upon check-in, the reception staff will provide you with your expeditions cabin tags. Please fill out the luggage tags clearly, showing your name and cabin number so that your luggage is delivered to your cabi...
This morning, your luggage will be collected from the hotel and transferred directly to the port for sanitisation, clearance and delivered to your cabin ahead of your arrival on board. Please ensure that your luggage is fitted with cabin tags clearly labelled with you...
Among Orkney's archipelago of 70 windswept islands, nine kilometres north of the Scottish mainland, a rich tapestry of archaeology, history and wildlife awaits. We follow the passage of time - from 5,000-year-old World Heritage Neolithic sites, past relics from wander...
A bird watcher's paradise and boasting a major European bird observatory, Fair Isle lies on the intersection of major bird flight paths from Scandinavia, Iceland and Faroe. It attracts common species and also eastern rarities such as the lanceolated warbler. In summer...
Britain's most northerly islands lie almost 160 kilometres north of the Scottish mainland, at a similar latitude to the southern tip of Greenland, or Bergen in Norway. Kept relatively warm by the Gulf Stream, Shetland's 100 islands, experience almost 24 hours of dayli...
As we sail towards the Norwegian coastline, the bridge or the outer decks offer an excellent and warm vantage point for birdwatching. Our historian and naturalists will delight us with their informative talks.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
We spend three days exploring the superb Norwegian coastline, cruising the intricate maze of seldom-visited inlets and outer islands. As we travel north, the days are noticeably longer and we search for blue whales, humpbacks, orca, minke whales, pilot whales and dolphins in the deep, squid-rich ocean trenches off Andenes.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
The cod-fishing island of Sor Gjæslingan welcomes us with its delightful wooden houses and cheerful inhabitants. Here, we search for nesting kittiwakes and reclusive sea otters.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Delight in the hunt for fabled trolls, passing through Torghatten - meaning mountain with a hole - said to have been caused by a troll's arrow.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Crossing the Arctic Circle, we make our way to the stunning Lofoten - meaning puma's foot - Islands. This is a land scoured by ice and legend, the towering crags with their sharp edges, standing in silent protection of the villages below.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
We approach Spitsbergen at its most southerly point, South Cape or Sorkapp, and explore the coastline, entering a different world - that of the polar desert. Enormous peaks and deeply gouged fjords make our visit to Hornsund a powerful experience. As Hornsund is the s...
Here in Svalbard we continue our exploration into human history dating back 400 years, encompassing trapping and hunting, whaling and mining. If the skies are clear we may catch a glimpse of the dramatic Hornsundtind, peaking at 1,430 metres.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
Dramatic folds characterise the geological landscape of Bellsund and here we will enjoy magnificent vistas, steep bird cliffs and lush vegetation, always an open invitation to arctic fox and polar bears. Little auks, guillemots, northern fulmar and pink-footed geese m...
Polar bears pass through the area on their way to the west coast, and if we are lucky, we may encounter the elusive and alluring white beluga whale. Landing sites will vary from trip to trip as in true expedition style, the landings and Zodiac cruises are determined on weather, sea and ice conditions and of course, wildlife sightings.
Meals Provided : Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner
During the early morning, we cruise into the port of the remote village, Longyearbyen, the capital of Spitsbergen. After bidding farewell to the Expedition crews, you will be transferred into town, where there is time to explore and shop before transferring to the airport in the afternoon.
Meals Provided : Breakfast
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