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End of an Era Transit of Amundsen’s Route to Asia

(August 22 - September 13, 2011) A 23-day End of an Era cruise. Kapitan Khlebnikov’s final transit of the Northwest Passage. Special guest John Murray backed the Irish-Canadian Franklin Search Expedition that sought Erebus and Terror, Franklin's lost ships. This remarkable Arctic adventure offers the best of western Greenland, the Canadian and the Russian Arctic. Arctic Passage is the vacation of a lifetime, and will never be repeated.

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Whalebone Alley in the Russian Arctic is a landing site.
Whalebone Alley in the Russian Arctic
Zodiacs are used for ocean level cruising.
Shoot aerial photographs from the onboard helicopters.
Beechey Island, Lancaster Sound
The vibrant colors of Arctic plants is surprising.

Arctic Passage Itinerary

Expedition Summary

Day 1
Ottawa, Canada
Day 2
Embarkation Day: Kangerlussuaq
Day 3
Sisimiut
Day 4
Ilulissat
Day 5
Baffin Bay
Day 6
Pond Inlet
Day 7-8
Devon and Beechey Islands
Day 9
Prince Regent Inlet
Day 10
Bellot Strait
Day 11
Victoria Strait
Day 12
Iqaluktuuttiaq
Day 13
Johansen Bay
Day 14
Ulukhaktok
Day 15
Walker Bay
Day 16
Mackenzie Delta
Day 17
Qikiqtaruk
Day 18-19
At sea
Day 20-22
Chukotka Peninsula, Russia
Day 23
Anchorage, Alaska, USA

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Anadyr, Russia - The easternmost town in Russia and an important sea port for the Bering Sea.
Baffin Bay - Sea connecting Atlantic and Arctic oceans, choked most of the year with large numbers of icebergs.
Anchorage, Alaska, USA - Unlike other towns in Alaska, this grew from neither fishing nor mining, but railroad construction.
Baffin Island, Canada - The fifth largest island in the world, it may be ‘Helluland’ from the Saga of Erik the Red.
Beechey Island, Canada - Site of three graves of Franklin's men, who likely died from lead poisoning from tins of provisions.
Bering Strait - It’s speculated that humans walked from Asia to North America across a land bridge in the strait.
Chukotka Peninsula, Russia - The northeastern edge of Asia, where mining, hunting, trapping, reindeer and fishing are industries.
Devon Island, Canada - Earth’s largest uninhabited island, it supports a scant number of muskoxen, small birds and mammals.
Ilulissat, Greenland - Greenlandic for "the icebergs," it is the third largest settlement in Greenland.
North Pole, 90 Degrees North - Located in the middle of the ocean amidst shifting sea ice, from here all directions point south.
Kangerlussuaq, Greenland - Located at the head of a long fjord, the area is home to many muskoxen, caribou and gyrfalcons.
Anadyr, Russia Baffin Bay Anchorage, Alaska, USA Baffin Island, Canada Beechey Island, Canada Bering Strait Chukotka Peninsula, Russia Devon Island, Canada Ilulissat, Greenland North Pole, 90 Degrees North Kangerlussuaq, Greenland

Arctic Passage Reviews

Reviews for this expedition

High Arctic Explorer

The highlights of this trip for me were the barren, stark, amazing vistas of the High Arctic and the ingenuity and resilience of the Inuit people. I was also in awe of being on Beechey Island.

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High Arctic Explorer

For me, the highlight of my trip was getting to see all of the artic amimals, especially the polar bears and walruses.

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Northwest Passage

In as much as I was totally new to the experience, I found it very exciting, exhilerating, & most interesting to visit the top of the world. Seeing the ice, walking on the tundra, going where so few have gone before all added to the enjoyment.

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