Our sister agency CNH Tours organizes one or two small group departures every year to the Arctic (see below). Our group tours come with benefits, which usually include a dedicated tour leader to watch over your best interests, sometimes a group discount and trip briefings.
Our trips don't work for you?
Of course, it's entirely possible that the trips we offer don't align with your timing, expectations or particular interests. If that's the case, we can work together to find a trip most suited to you. Contact us and we can start exploring options right away.
FROM ICELAND TO NEWFOUNDLAND
(via Greenland, Baffin Island and the Torngat Mountains…)
13-26 Sept 2026 (1 night in Reykjavkik, 12 nights on board)
From US$13,891 (shared accommodation) 25% off published rates. Contact us for solo rates.
We’ve booked 10 spaces on the 138 passenger Ocean Explorer for this singular itinerary.
“Iceland to Newfoundland” starts in Reykjavik, Iceland, where you'll embark on a chartered flight to your embarkation port in Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland. Within a few days we’ll cross the Davis Strait to Nunavut, then south to Labrador, and ultimately to St. John’s, Newfoundland. The itinerary is designed to allow guests to immerse themselves in a cross-section of cultural traditions: Greenlandic culture in places like Sisimiut; Inuit and Nunatsiavut culture in Nunavut and Labrador; Viking history at l’Anse Aux Meadows in Newfoundland; then the welcoming East Coast hospitality of St. John’s, famously steeped in Celtic music and history thanks to its vast population of Irish descendants.
THIS TRIP ENJOYS THE SERVICES OF OUR VERY OWN TOUR LEADER
THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
** very few berths remain**
40% off brochure rates for August and September 2025 departures
The fabled Northwest Passage was just beyond reach for centuries, as explorer after explorer sought but failed to find the short route from Europe to Asia. Frobisher, Hudson, Franklin... all tried, none succeeded.
On this trip, you'll follow in their wake, but in a very comfortable ship. You'll get a first-hand impression of the challenges they faced in their small, ill-fitted wooden vessels. You'll see the land and icescapes they would have seen. Beyond that, you'll have the opportunities to meet the locals in a more congenial way.
DEPARTURE 1: 25 August - 9 September 2025 (START: Toronto END: Calgary)
DEPARTURE 2: 7-22 SEPTEMBER 2025 (START: Calgary END: Toronto)
Price from US$18,837 / person shared
THE SVALBARD ARCHIPELAGO
We like to say that the Svalbard Archipelago, 600 miles / 1000kms from the North Pole, is “the Galápagos of the Arctic”—and for good reason. Like its equatorial counterpart, Svalbard is a remote, otherworldly laboratory of life, where wildlife, dramatic geology, and fragile ecosystems converge in one of the most pristine environments on Earth.
Why “the Galápagos of the Arctic”?
Extraordinary Wildlife: Just as the Galápagos is home to a diversity of species such as marine iguanas and blue-footed boobies, Svalbard hosts creatures found nowhere else in such abundance. Think polar bears roaming the pack ice, walrus colonies piled onto pebble beaches, arctic foxes blending into the snow, and thousands of nesting seabirds along sheer cliffs.
Natural Laboratory: Like Darwin’s Galápagos, Svalbard offers scientists (and curious travelers) a window into evolutionary adaptation and climate change. Glacial melt, permafrost thaw, and changing sea ice patterns are reshaping this living, frozen frontier.
Isolated and Unsullied: Both archipelagos are profoundly remote, relatively untouched by human settlement, and governed by strict environmental regulations. This ensures visitors experience not only incredible nature—but nature in its most elemental form.
WHEN? Best experienced between May and September HOW: Small ship (12 to 130 guests)
YOUR ARCTIC TRAVEL ADVISOR
Danna Walker is our Polar Destination Expert. She with over a decade of experience exploring and adventuring in the Arctic and Antarctic regions. Her expertise spans a variety of polar activities, including glacier trekking, wildlife tracking, high Arctic land adventures under the northern lights, and navigating icy waterways aboard expedition ships. Danna lives near Whistler, British Columbia.
