THE HIGH ARCTIC: CANADA & GREENLAND
Icebreaker Expedition aboard Kapitan Khlebnikov -August & September
The eastern coast of Ellesmere Island is the focus of this voyage through the High Arctic of Canada and Greenland and the feeding grounds of the animal that inspired the legend of the unicorn - the narwhal.
Canada & Greenland
August & Steptember
Ottawa to Ottawa, Canada
Highlights
»The High Arctic communities of Resolute and Qaanaag (Thule).
»The site where Sir John Franklin and his men spent a winter during their ill-fated search for the Northwest Passage.
»The American Polar Route.
»Wildlife watching via Zodiac and helicopter.
»Illustrated lectures by world-renowned Arctic historians, biologists and ornithologists.
»Tundra hikes.
»The eastern coast of Ellesmere Island