Dates & Rates - Spitsbergen Circumnavigation
13 Days: July 11 - 23, 2012. One departure only. Prices are per person, based on cabin occupancy. Flights to and from departure points are extra. You may add optional sea-kayaking to your adventure at an additional cost. More details at Essential Extras.
Add flights or extend your Spitsbergen cruise dates
We can easily add flights to and from your hometown when you book your Spitsbergen Circumnavigation cruise with Quark. If you'd like to extend your stay, either before or after your cruise, we can arrange that as well. Contact our friendly Polar Travel Advisers via email, live chat, or by calling 1-888-892-0334 or +1-802-735-1536). More details at Essential Extras.
| Start - End Date | Duration (days) | Ship | Price Range (per person) | Adventure Options | Select a departure below to check cabin availability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11 - Jul 23, 2012 | 13 | - | Akademik Sergey Vavilov | $5,990 - $11,490 |  | Limited Availability, Please Call |
| Camping |  Kayaking |  Mountaineering |  Cross Country Skiing |  Special Departure |
This expedition includes
- 12 nights shipboard accommodation with daily housekeeping
- Shipboard breakfasts, lunches and dinners
- Shore landings included in daily program
- Professional Expedition Leadership
- All Zodiac excursions and transfers included in daily program
- Formal and informal educational presentations by the Expedition Team
- Photographic Journal on DVD, documenting the trip
- Loan of waterproof boots for the duration of the voyage
- An official Quark Expeditions parka to keep
- Coffee, tea, and cocoa
- Hair dryer and bathrobes in each cabin
- Pre-departure material with map and a meticulously researched Arctic Reader
- All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges
- All shipboard luggage handling
- Emergency Evacuation Insurance to a maximum benefit of $100,000 per person
- Day 1: Group transfer from a pre-arranged location in Longyearbyen to the ship on embarkation day
- Day 13: Group transfer from the ship to the airport upon disembarkation
This expedition excludes
- Airfare to and from your hometown
- Passport and visa expenses.
- Government arrival and departure taxes
- Any meals ashore
- Baggage, cancellation and medical travel insurance
- Excess baggage charges
- Laundry, bar, beverage and other personal charges
- Shipboard or land telecommunication charges
- Gratuities for ship's crew, Hospitality and Expedition Team members
- Any overnight accommodation required due to flight connections
- Optional sea-kayaking - $525 per person
Reviews for this expedition
- Excellent - the trip of a lifetime!
"It's difficult to pick only one highlight, as the expedition was amazing from start to finish, but watching a Polar Bear jumping from one sheet of pack ice to another at past 80 degrees north (as our …"
Ben Garner, August 2010