We work with a number of carefully selected cruise companies whose journeys of adventure include the infamous Northwest Passage, Iqaluit as well as dedicated cruises to the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen.
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Canada, Alaska & The Arctic
A walrus in the Arctic
There are steep sided fjords and cliffs that are home to great bird colonies, but these in turn can be dwarfed by some of the coastal mountain ranges that are topped by icefields. Low lying tundra is blanketed with fields of blooming wild flowers in the summer while glaciers and sea ice can be blindingly bright as you land to explore.
On the sea, ice floes can cover hundreds of square kilometres while vast icebergs make their solitary journeys along the great ocean currents.
The joy of the region is the overwhelming feeling of being in a true wilderness at the dawn of time.
Diverse and highly adapted to their environment, the wildlife of the Arctic is a major attraction. On any Arctic cruise you are likely to see a mixture of marine and terrestrial wildlife in abundance. Marine animals include a variety of seals and walrus as well as many types of whales including the beluga – meaning ‘white one’ in Russian, humpback whales or even the rare narwhal.
A likely sighting is of polar bears, adapted for a marine lifestyle and officially classed as a marine mammal. On land musk oxen, which are neither oxen nor possessors of musk glands, can be seen sharing territory with huge herds of caribou that calve in the spring. Seabirds are found in fantastic numbers: ornithologists are kept in seventh heaven for the duration of the trip.