Arctic Passage

Amundsen's Route to Asia

Departure: August 22, 2011
Rate Range: $23,290 to $39,890

End of an Era voyage

Irish explorer John Murray was so inspired by his passion for the Franklin saga that he backed the Irish-Canadian Franklin Search Expedition that sought the underwater location of Erebus and Terror, Franklin's lost ships. The producer-director-cameraman filmed a portion of Franklin's Lost Expedition aboard Kapitan Khlebnikov. John, Managing Director of Crossing the Line Films will introduce his film and deliver illustrated presentations about the Irish-Canadian expedition as well as his adventures filming in the wildest places on Earth from the North Pole to Antarctica.

For the icebreaker that has navigated the Northwest Passage more than any other vessel, this will be an End of an Era transit. Khlebnikov will never again sail in the wake of Amundsen and Franklin through the Canadian Arctic.

We invite you to join the officers, crew, explorer John Murray and the Expedition Team on this final historic journey through the Arctic.

This expedition crosses the International Date Line twice - you will gain and lose a day while in the Russian Arctic.

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Expedition Summary

Day 1	Overnight in Ottawa
Day 2	Embarkation, 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
Day 23	Anadyr, Russia
Day 23	Anchorage, Alaska

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Expedition Dates

A charter flight from Ottawa to Kangerlussuaq and from Anadyr to Anchorage must be purchased for an additional charge of US$1690 per person.

Start Date	End Date	Ship	Days	Price Range
Aug 22, 11	Sep 13, 11	Kapitan Khlebnikov	23	$23,290 - $39,890