Spitsbergen and Northeast Greenland
Longyearbyen to Keflavik
Aboard Professor Multanovskiy, Grigoriy Mikheev, Aleksey Maryshev, MV Plancius and Antarctic Dream
This is a true Arctic voyage, which starts in North Spitsbergen, home to the polar bear and walrus. We set off along the pack ice of the East Greenland Current, where with luck may come across a few Greenland whales. Encounters with the large sleek and fast-swimming fin whales and smaller Minke whales are also likely. With sea ice conditions favourable, we should soon find an entrance to Kejser Franz Joseph Fjord and Scoresby Sund, the largest and arguably most spectacular fjord in the world. Its huge glaciers, beautifully sculptured icebergs, and the warm autumn colours of the tundra make for wonderful photographs.
We plan to call at the friendly Greenlandic hunting community of Itoqqortoormiit. Other shore landings will focus on wildlife and with luck we may come across a herd of Musk Oxen grazing on the tundra. From here we make our way south to Ammassalik, visiting present day Greenlandic communities. In this part of Greenland narwhals are often spotted and we may encounter polar bears as they drift southwards on the ice floes.
