Our sister agency CNH Tours organizes occasional small group departures to the Arctic. Our group tours come with benefits, which might include a dedicated tour leader to watch over your best interests, sometimes a group discount and trip briefings.
Our group departures 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. We highlight a few independent trips below we think are particularly nice - to give you an idea of what’s possible. We have extensive contacts in the Arctic and would be glad to start a conversation with you to find a trip most suited to your interests.
FROM ICELAND TO NEWFOUNDLAND
(via Greenland, Baffin Island and the Torngat Mountains…)
DATES: 13-26 Sept 2027 (1 night in Reykjavkik, 12 nights on board)
PRICE: From US$15,790 / person (shared) for a suite
BOOK BEFORE 30 NOVEMBER AND RECEIVE A $250 / PERSON ON-BOARD CREDIT
STARTS: Reykjavik, Iceland
ENDS: St. John’s, Newfoundland
We’ve booked 10 spaces on the 138 passenger Ultramarine 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.
Tour Leader? While you will be very well taken care of by the ship's crew and expedition team (from the moment you land in Reykjavik to the moment you head to the airport in St John's), should at least 12 guests book this with with CNH Tours, we would have the opportunity of appointing our own dedicated tour leader.
THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE
Follow the wake of some of history’s most dogged adventurers
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: 30 Aug - 14 Sep, 2027
DEPARTURE 2: 12 Sep - 27 Sep, 2027
From US$19,495 / person, shared. Contact us for solo pricing.
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)