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14 Night Spitsbergen Circumnavigation A Rite of Passage and Land Tour

From Helsinki to Helsinki

Ocean Explorer

Quark Expeditions
5 Stars
  • Cruise #: 14283340
  • Departs: Wed, Jun 21, 2028
  • Returns: Wed, Jul 5, 2028
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    Itinerary Summary

    Day by Day Details

    Land Segment of Itinerary

    Wednesday - Jun 21, 2028
    Day
    1
    Helsinki, Finland
    • Helsinki, Finland
    Arrive in the Finnish capital and make your way to the group hotel located right at Helsinki Airport-included in your Charter Flight & Hotel Package. You will have the rest of the day to explore the many museums, galleries, and restaurants, relax at a Finnish sauna, or wander the vibrant Design District. If you do plan to visit Helsinki city center, take advantage of the convenient 40-minute rail service from the airport. ...
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    Land Segment of Itinerary

    Thursday - Jun 22, 2028
    Day
    2
    Helsinki, Finland
    • Helsinki, Finland
    • Air Travel

    Cruise Segment of Itinerary

    Day 2 - Thursday - Jun 22, 2028
    Day
    2
    Cruise Begins
    • Cruise Begins
    • Longyearbyen, Norway
    After breakfast, the group will transfer to the Helsinki airport and board a private charter flight to Longyearbyen, as part of the Charter Flight & Hotel Package. Our journey to the High Arctic now truly begins. You will see the coastal and birch forests of southern Scandinavia give way to taiga and tundra environments, the mountains of Norway and northern Sweden, and the convergence of the Norwegian and Barents seas. Approaching Svalbard, you may get your first views of a pure, snow-capped wilderness, complete with ridgelines, glaciers, and perhaps even sea ice in the distance. We land in Longyearbyen, Svalbard's largest settlement, and transfer to the harbor where we will embark on our ship. ...
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    Friday - Jun 23, 2028
    Day
    3
    • Alkhornet, Norfolk Island
    Saturday - Jun 24, 2028
    Day
    4
    Ny-London, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Norway
    • Ny-London, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, Norway
    Sunday - Jun 25, 2028
    Day
    5
    14th of July Glacier, Norway
    • 14th of July Glacier, Norway
    Monday - Jun 26, 2028
    Day
    6
    • Smeerenburg, Norway
    Tuesday - Jun 27, 2028
    Day
    7
    Phippsoya, Svalbard, Norway, Norway
    • Phippsoya, Svalbard, Norway, Norway
    Wednesday - Jun 28, 2028
    Day
    8
    Alkefjellet, Norway
    • Alkefjellet, Norway
    Thursday - Jun 29, 2028
    Day
    9
    Kvitoya, Svalbard, Norway, Norway
    • Kvitoya, Svalbard, Norway, Norway
    Friday - Jun 30, 2028
    Day
    10
    Sundneset, Norway
    • Sundneset, Norway
    Saturday - Jul 1, 2028
    Day
    11
    Isbukta, Norway
    • Isbukta, Norway
    Expect a new adventure every day as we begin our journey by heading north and around the island of Spitsbergen, exploring smaller, outlying islands. We plan to circumnavigate Spitsbergen, but if conditions are favorable, we will also attempt a larger circumnavigation of the archipelago, including many of the outer islands in Svalbard. Every expedition will be different, depending on the weather and ice, but some of the places we may visit include the 14th of July Glacier, Ny-London, Phippsoya, Alkefjellet, and the seldom-visited Kvitoya. These names may seem strange to you, but each site has its own unique appeal. There is no shortage of natural beauty in Svalbard, where colorful tundra meadows are complemented by immense glaciers. For birders, 14th of July Bay is home to puffins, purple sandpipers, black-legged kittiwakes, pink-footed geese, and barnacle geese, while Alkefjellet's cliffs are teeming with nesting Brunnich's guillemots (thick-billed murres). Always on the lookout for wildlife, be sure to have your camera ready to capture reindeer when we visit sites like Ny-London, Sundneset, and Alkhornet. Phippsoya and Isbukta are often home to sea ice, the polar bear's preferred habitat for hunting, which translates into great potential for you to view and capture them in action. A big part of appreciating Svalbard comes from understanding the history-not just how people live today, but also how this land was first explored. Whaling was a key industry, and you will see remains of outposts from the 16th century, plus other evidence of whaling at landing sites such as Smeerenburg. ...
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    Sunday - Jul 2, 2028
    Day
    12
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Monday - Jul 3, 2028
    Day
    13
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Tuesday - Jul 4, 2028
    Day
    14
    Longyearbyen, Norway
    • Longyearbyen, Norway
    • Cruise Ends

    Land Segment of Itinerary

    Day 14 - Tuesday - Jul 4, 2028
    Day
    14
    • Air Travel
    • Helsinki, Finland
    The time to say goodbye has come. Your adventure ends as it began, in the frontier settlement of Longyearbyen. From here, we'll transfer to the airport for our charter flight to Helsinki, and group hotel night. Both are included in your Charter Flight & Hotel Package.

    Land Segment of Itinerary

    Wednesday - Jul 5, 2028
    Day
    15
    Helsinki, Finland
    • Helsinki, Finland
    After breakfast at your included hotel, make your way independently to the Helsinki airport for your onward flight home, or spend more time exploring the Finnish capital as prearranged.


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