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Svalbard & the Polar Ice Edge

Explore the Svalbard archipelago, home to dramatic mountain scenery, tidewater glaciers, and some of the Arctic’s best wildlife viewing opportunities. You will also venture to the jumbled edge of the north-polar ice cap in search of polar bears stalking their prey.

Svalbard & the Polar Ice Edge

Explore the Svalbard archipelago, home to dramatic mountain scenery, tidewater glaciers, and some of the Arctic’s best wildlife viewing opportunities. You will also venture to the jumbled edge of the north-polar ice cap in search of polar bears stalking their prey.

Highlights

  • Visit Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago between mainland Norway and the North Pole, one of the world’s northernmost inhabited areas, known for its rugged, remote terrain of glaciers and frozen tundra 
  • The itinerary for this voyage focuses on the spectacular fjords, coasts, and islands of western Spitsbergen, the main island of the Svalbard archipelago. This area contains Svalbard’s most impressive scenery and wildlife viewing 
  • Adventure to South Spitsbergen National Park, a vast region of varied landscapes including polar deserts, impassible mountain ranges, and fast ice which offers an excellent chance of observing polar bears on the hunt for food
  • Explore Forlandet National Park and Prins Karls Forland, one of the best places in Svalbard to observe herds of walrus then visit North Isforden National Park and have the chance to observe Svalbard reindeer and Arctic fox 
  • Human habitation along our route can be found at Ny Ålesund, a former mining town and airship base that is now home to an international community of Arctic researchers. This is one of the world’s most northerly settlements1
This is a shared departure operated by Poseidon Expeditions.

Itinerary

Day 1: Arrive in Oslo, Norway
Day 2: Oslo | Longyearbyen, Svalbard | Embarkation
Day 3: West Svalbard | Polar Ice Edge
Day 4: West Svalbard | Polar Ice Edge
Day 5: West Svalbard | Polar Ice Edge
Day 6: West Svalbard | Polar Ice Edge
Day 7: West Svalbard | Polar Ice Edge
Day 8: West Svalbard | Polar Ice Edge
Day 9: West Svalbard | Polar Ice Edge
Day 10: Longyearbyen | Disembarkation | Depart for U.S.

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Svalbard And The Polar Ice Edge
Available to Book
June 9-18, 2024

Starting price

$9,261

Deposit per person

$1,850

Countries Visited

Norway

Activity Level

Medium
June 9-18, 2024

Starting price

$9,261
*Single supplement applies

Deposit per person

$1,850

Countries Visited

Norway

Activity Level

Medium
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