Overview - North Pole Cruise: The Ultimate Arctic Adventure
From $23,995
Be one of only 250 people to stand at the top of the world in 2013.
Your icebreaker ship, 50 Years of Victory, will take you to a part of the world more commonly associated with fairy tales and folklore – the North Pole! Crushing through multi-year pack ice, the journey can take as long as a week, which only helps to heighten the level of excitement. Celebrate with champagne upon your arrival and soar high above the entire Earth on an optional hot air balloon ride.
Join us on this amazing voyage to 90°N aboard 50 Years of Victory.
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North Pole Cruise: The Ultimate Arctic Adventure Itinerary
Expedition Summary
- Day 1
- Helsinki, Finland
- Day 2
- Embarkation Day in Murmansk
- Day 3-7
- Northbound in the Arctic Ocean
- Day 8
- 90° North
- Day 9
- Southbound in the Arctic Ocean
- Day 10-11
- Franz Josef Land and the Arctic Ocean
- Day 12
- Southbound at Sea
- Day 13
- Disembarkation in Murmansk
- Day 14
- Helsinki, Finland
Expedition Leader on this Voyage
Laurie Dexter
Laurie grew up in Scotland but since 1970 has made his home in the Canadian north. He lived on Baffin Island for 13 years where he learned the survival skills of the Inuit (Eskimos) and speaks their language and continues to live in the Northwest Territories. Since 1993, he has made over 100 ship based trips to the Antarctica and the Arctic as an expedition leader and lecturer.
North Pole Cruise: The Ultimate Arctic Adventure Reviews
Reviews for this expedition
Antarctic Explorer
Sitting down in the snow and having little penguins waddle up to me and climb into my lap - that was precious. The true highlight was having a humpback whale swim right up to the side of our zodiac boat. He swim under us, around us, spyhoped and dove down exposing his fluke for us and played with us for over an hour...that was amazing and once in a lifetime experience!
Antarctic Explorer
Each day was a highlight once arriving in Antarctica, but the Zodiac excursions amongst the icebergs, seals and penguins were thrilling. We had a bit of an adventure when our Zodiac engine died, a katabatic wind pushed us into the pack ice requiring ropes, paddles and scrambling over rocks to get to a working zodiac... Staff was very professional and serious about the matter, but it was fun.
Amazing Antarctica
I can not recommend this trip, and Quark, highly enough! I have been on a 19 month 'round the world odyssey (still going!) and my Antarctic trip has been, and will be, my most amazing and memorable experience! Out of many, many wonderful experiences, the highlight would have to be the afternoon known as "whale soup". We saw so many whales that day, including one humpback that was showing off just for us, breaching, rolling over and diving right under our zodiac. truly jaw-dropping!!
Reviews for this expedition
- Very good - we'll be recommending you to our friends!
"The night with the perfect light, cruising through channels; Nesting penguins and the iceberg graveyard."
Srikant Balan, January 2010
- Excellent - the trip of a lifetime!
"It was an extraordinary opportunity to visit places under the polar circle, places seldom seen by human beings. A close experience with Nature in the last virgin place on planet Earth."
Juan Abal, February 2010
- Excellent - the trip of a lifetime!
"Crossing the Drake passage: the feeling to be part of the mariner's world! Crossing the circle: icebergs in the mist, a fairy world Penguins colonies: the strength to be two of us"
Ornella Sizzi, January 2011
