Day 1 Arrive Longyearbyen (D)
Get your first glimpses of the midnight sun in Spitsbergen's capital Longyearbyen. Embark the M/S Expedition in the afternoon and depart Longyearbyen in the evening.
Day 2-7 Svalbard Archipelago / Spitsbergen (7B,7L,7D)
Each day will be planned to take advantage of local ice and weather conditions. Svalbard is one of the few places on the planet to offer such a plethora of natural and historical extravaganzas. We will spend the next seven days exploring the remote polar regions. Visit ice covered fjords with breathtaking mountain scenery and glaciers crashing into the sea around us. Spend time steaming through the ice in search of roaming polar bears, lounging seals and colonies of bird. At one or more of the stops, we hope to see Svalbard’s species of reindeer.
Some years it is possible to sail through the Hinlopen Strait to attempt a circumnavigation of the archipelago, while other years there is a great deal of ice, which makes it harder to navigate around. We recommend the early tours for those who are keen to see large ice floes and the richest bird life. For those who would rather travel further east with the chance to sail around Spitsbergen, we recommend a tour later in the season. The final itinerary is dependent on ice and weather conditions, which have to be constantly assessed during the voyage.
Day 8 Depart Longyearbyen (B)
We arrive in Longyearbyen in the early morning for disembarkation and in time for you to catch you flight back to Oslo.
