LUXURY EXPEDITIONS 2018-2019

Discovery of the King of
the Arctic
LONGYEARBYEN • LONGYEARBYEN
LE BORÉAL 13 days / 12 nights
16th July 2018
from 9 120 € (see page 87)
Fire and ice in the Arctic
NOME • SEWARD
LE BORÉAL 17 days / 16 nights
10th September 2018
from 9 220 € (see page 87)
Ytre Norskøya
Jotunkjeldene SPITSBERGEN
Wildefjorden
Ny-Ålesund
Monacobreen
14th July-Glacier
Kongsbreen
Bakanbukta
LONGYEARBYEN
Nordenskiöld Glacier
Alkhornet
Agardhbukta
Boltoden
Flight to Paris
Bellsund
Flight from Paris
Sea of
Greenland Gnålodden - Hornbreen
Isbukta
Barents Sea
NATURALIST
FREE RENTAL
PARKA GIFT
DAY ITINERARY ARRIVAL DEPARTURE
Flight Paris/Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen, Norway). Welcome and
1
transfer to the port. Embarkation from 16.00 to 17.00 18.00
2 Gnålodden - Hornbreen (Spitsbergen, Norway)
3 Bakanbukta - Ginevrabotnen - Agardhbukta (Spitsbergen, Norway)
4 Boltoden - Isbukta (Spitsbergen, Norway)
5 Bellsund (Spitsbergen, Norway)
6 Ny-Ålesund - Kongsbreen, Kongsfjorden (Spitsbergen, Norway)
7 At sea - Sailing towards the ice floe
8 Wildefjorden - Daghøgda (Spitsbergen, Norway)
9 Jotunkjeldene - Monacobreen - Texas Bar (Spitsbergen, Norway)
10 At sea - Sailing towards the ice floe - Ytre Norskøya (Spitsbergen, Norway)
11 Signehamna - 14 th July-Glacier (Spitsbergen, Norway)
12 Alkhornet - Nordenskiöld Glacier (Spitsbergen, Norway)
Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen, Norway) 07.00
13
Disembarkation and transfer. Flight Longyearbyen / Paris.
Highlights*:
• The most complete PONANT cruise to Spitsbergen: 13 days for a
fully-comprehensive discovery of the kingdom of the polar bear;
• Outings and shore visits in Zodiac® inflatables with your
naturalist guides;
• Hiking opportunity;
• Landscapes: ice floes, jagged mountains, icebergs, plains covered
with moss and lichens, lakes and rivers;
• Wildlife: polar bears, Arctic foxes, Svalbard reindeer, Arctic terns,
walruses, whales, narwhals.
*Subject to ice and weather conditions. The expedition highlights described
above illustrate possible experiences only and cannot be guaranteed.
Wrangel island Sea of Tchouktches
Cap Vankarem
Kolioutchine island
Yttygran island Big Diomede
RUSSIA Providenia
Savoonga
Bering Sea
Unalaska
Chankliut
island
Flight to Seattle
DAY ITINERARY ARRIVAL DEPARTURE
1
Flight Seattle/Nome (Alaska, United States). Welcome and
transfer to the port. Embarkation from 16.00 to 17.00 20.00
2 Date Line change
3 Providenia (Bukhta, Russia)
4 Big Diomede (Russia) - Cap Dejnev (Tchoukotka, Russia)
5 Kolioutchine island (Russia)
6 to 8 Krasina Bay - Wrangel Island National Reserve
9 Cap Vankarem (Tchoukotka, Russia)
10
Penkigney (Russia) - Yttygran Island / Whale Bone Alley - Providenia
Date Line change - Savoonga (Alaska, United States)
11 At sea
12 Saint-Paul (Alaska, United States)
13 Unalaska - Dutch Harbour (Alaska, United States)
14 Chankliut island (Alaska, United States)
15 Geographic Harbor - Hidden Harbor/ Kinak Bay (Alaska, United States)
16 Holgate Glacier (Alaska, United States)
17
Seward (Alaska , United States) 06.30
Disembarkation and transfer. Flight Anchorage / Seattle
Highlights*:
Saint-Paul
NOME
ALASKA
Flight from Seattle
Kinak Bay
NATURALIST
SEWARD
Holgate
Glacier
PARKA GIFT
FREE RENTAL
• An expedition cruise amid the stunning Arctic and volcanic
landscapes of Alaska and Russia to discover the jewels of
Beringia;
• Outings and shore visits in Zodiac® inflatables with your
naturalist guides;
• Sail in the heart of the Bering Sea, surrounded by the planet’s
most remote islands;
• Discovery of the Wrangel Island Nature Reserve, listed as a
UNESCO Wolrd Heritage site;
• Discover the Aleutian Islands, an emerged part of the Pacific
Ring of Fire.
* Visits to Wrangel Island are subject to permission being granted by the
Russian authorities. This port of calls can only be confirmed once this
authorisation has been received, six months before the cruise departure date.
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