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In April, the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO), Visit Greenland, Cruise Iceland, Visit Svalbard and the Northern Norway Tourist Board presented a set of Community Guidelines aimed at Arctic tourists. (more…)
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Three internationally renowned photographers will travel with polar cruise expert Poseidon Expeditions on select voyages in 2017 and 2018. On these journeys the photographers will host seminars and workshops for passengers.
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The U.S. Coast Guard is hosting an eight-nation Arctic Coast Guard Forum Principals Meeting March 22-24 at the U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston in Boston. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The spotlight shines on Canada’s North this year as the world is invited to discover epic locations in Canada celebrating 150 years of confederation. This event has inspired Canadian cruise specialist, One Ocean Expeditions (OOE), to introduce even more in-depth Canadian Arctic exploration. (expeditioncruising.com)
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Adventure Canada is delighted to announce that Phil Fontaine will be travelling aboard our 2017 Heart of the Arctic expedition as a special guest. (more…)
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Did you know a polar bear’s paw is 30 centimetres wide? Or that they have black skin? Or that they were listed as a threated species in 2008? (more…)
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With interest in the Arctic at an all-time high and bookings for 2017 already surpassing expectations, specialist adventure cruise operator, One Ocean Expeditions (OOE), is launching its 2018 Arctic programme early to align with the increase in customer demand and growing market interest. (more…)
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Early booking rates are available through the end of July 2017 for Arctic and Antarctic cruises in 2018-19 with polar cruise specialist Poseidon Expeditions. Cabin discounts are as generous as 20 percent off the regular rate, depending on category reserved. (more…)
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Crystal Cruises will partner with Arctic Kingdom, a Canada-based team of Arctic experts, to offer expeditions and enrichment programming on its second Northwest Passage cruise aboard Crystal Serenity, to take place in August and September 2017. (cruisecritic.com)
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Renowned photographer Paul Nicklen can’t wait for July 2017, when he’ll be aboard our July 20th North Pole voyage for a rare and specially-themed North Pole Summit. You’ll join Paul and 6 other international thought-leaders to share and listen to different perspectives on everything from environmental conservation to pursuing your dreams.
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With flying times from the UK to the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard less than six hours away, and no long sea journeys involved, it is possible to experience the true majesty of the Arctic, just 500 miles from the North Pole, without having to travel to Canada, Alaska, Greenland or Russia. (more…)
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Innovative small ship cruise expert AdventureSmith Explorations has added four land-based tours that make the Arctic more accessible to North Americans. These tours that are conducted between late June and late November 2017 utilize strategically situated base camps as participants witness the natural miracles of an ice-bound world. (more…)
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Saga’s guests can watch for wildlife from the decks of Saga Pearl II with members of ORCA, the European whale and dolphin conservation charity. (more…)
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Lloyd’s Register (LR) has issued a statutory alert on the Polar Code which enters into force on Jan. 1, 2017. The IMO International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters (Polar Code) applies to all ships. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Australian adventure travel specialist, World Expeditions, has launched a new 2017-18 Polar brochure packed with a range of new voyages including a remote cruise across the Arctic Circle taking in the Scottish Isles, Norwegian coastline and the island of Spitsbergen. (expeditioncruising.com)
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Spring signifies the birthing season. The Arctic is no exception where in May on Greenland’s west coast, even those icons of the frozen north – icebergs — calve. (more…)
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Authorities in the northern Canadian territory of Nunavut are considering new regulations on marine tourism after the first successful voyage of a mammoth luxury liner through the North-West Passage. (theguardian.com)
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As Canada prepares to celebrate its 150th anniversary next year, specialist adventure cruise operator, One Ocean Expeditions (OOE), reflects on the successes of the 2016 cruise season, highlighting why 2017 will be a great time to travel to the Canadian High Arctic. (more…)
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Not content to let its regional neighbour Ulukhaktok have all the cruise ship action, the small N.W.T. community of Sachs Harbour welcomed about 100 visitors of its own Wednesday. (cbc.ca)
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Crystal Serenity, at 68,870 gross tons, has become the largest cruise ship to navigate the Northwest passage, said Crystal Cruises, the Los Angeles based owner of the ship. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Silver Explorer opens the 2017 summer Arctic cruise season with untamed adventure, style and unmatched luxury on a 12 day voyage, departing 30 June 2017. (expeditioncruising.com)
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The Coast Guard is gearing up for the inaugural voyage of a luxury cruise ship through the Northwest Passage and said Thursday the Crystal Serenity easily passed a routine inspection. (seattletimes.com)
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Award-winning wildlife filmmakers, Neil Nightingale and Karen Bass, will be special guests on One Ocean Expeditions’ (OOE) 12-night Baffin Island – Jewel of the High Arctic cruise, departing on 1 August 2016. (more…)
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One Ocean Expeditions (OOE) still has some spaces – very unusually – on its nine-night Norwegian Arctic summer cruise, Spitsbergen Encounter, on 14th July, which offers a great opportunity to experience prolific sea bird and wildlife activity. (more…)
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For those who don’t enjoy the heat and would like to head somewhere cooler during the summer break this year, there’s a six-week window of opportunity between late July and mid-September, when optimal ice conditions above the Arctic Circle allow for easy navigation, making it the ideal time to enjoy a Canadian polar cruise. (more…)
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The sight of beluga whales, walrus, bearded and ringed seals, birds in the hundreds of thousands, imposing glaciers and the sought-after polar bear, will all be keenly anticipated by passengers on One Ocean Expeditions’ (OOE), 10-day Spitsbergen Encounter cruise, departing on 13 June 2016. (more…)
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The next frontier in polar expedition cruising is the High Arctic known as Franz Josef Land. Few have ventured here in recent decades. In fact, because of the ice, access by ship is possible only a few weeks each summer. (more…)
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Louie Kamookak, an Inuit historian who played a significant role in the 2014 discovery of HMS Erebus, the long-lost vessel of British Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin, is to lead a ground search using oral traditions to find the remains of that ill-fated expedition of 1845. (more…)
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Crystal Cruises announced a charter party agreement with Tactical Marine Solutions of Victoria, Canada and British Antarctic Survey (BAS) headquartered in Cambridge, UK to have the RRS Ernest Shackleton escort Crystal Serenity on its 32-day expedition voyage through the Northwest Passage this August. (more…)
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One Ocean Expeditions (OOE) offers life changing experiences and a gateway to understanding the history, culture and wildlife of Canada’s High Arctic. (more…)
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The only French-flag cruise line sailing into the heart of the ice fields, Ponant has produced its first Polar Collection. (more…)
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Rutter has announced that Crystal Cruises has selected the sigma S6 Small Target Surveillance (STS) and Ice Navigator systems for the planned Arctic summer cruise in 2016 of the Crystal Serenity. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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On 13 April, coast guard officials from the US and Canada will train for a cruise ship catastrophe: a mass rescue from a luxury liner on its maiden voyage through the remote and deathly cold waters between the Northwest Passage and the Bering Strait. (theguardian.com)
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Poseidon Expeditions offers savings of up to $2,000 per person and complimentary hotel nights and charter flights on bookings made before April 30, 2016, for either of two summer 2016 departures to the North Pole. Travel is aboard the nuclear-powered 50 Years of Victory.
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The lure of the polar environment draws travelers onto expedition ships to explore worlds of ice and snow, polar bears and penguins, and the history of heroic figures who began the first conversations about the Arctic and Antarctica. (more…)
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Continuing its trend of groundbreaking news, the world’s most awarded luxury cruise line will return to the famed Northwest Passage in August 2017. (more…)
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Specialist cruise operator, One Ocean Expeditions (OOE), is making summer trips to the Canadian Arctic much more accessible in 2016 by including complimentary charter flights between the gateways of Edmonton and Ottawa and their embarkation/disembarkation points, in the price of August departures. (more…)
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Travellers can now discover the European Arctic’s underwater world as Aurora Expeditions introduces Polar Snorkelling to their small-ship cruises to Spitsbergen and Greenland in 2016. (expeditioncruising.com)
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Oceanwide Expeditions launches a brand new activity in polar adventure travel. The vessel owner & operator will offer an ultimate chance for conditioned trail runners to participate in a remote Arctic trail running scout trip in East Greenland in September 2016. (more…)
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On August 16, 2015, the geographic North Pole was visited by a Russian surface ship for the one-hundredth time. (marinelink.com)
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