Arctic Wildlife Cruises & Tours
Highlights
- Spitsbergen, largest island of the Svalbard archipelago, known as the “Wildlife Capital of the Arctic”: perhaps the single best place to see polar bears, and also prime ground for viewing Arctic foxes, geese, seabirds, Svalbard reindeer, seals, belugas, and blue and other baleen whales
- Northeast Greenland National Park, the world’s largest (a hundred times the size of Yellowstone!), known for polar bears, muskoxen, walruses, and white wolves, among other wildlife
- Baffin Island in the Canadian High Arctic another hotspot for Arctic wildlife cruises: prime for beluga whale tours, offering summer feeding grounds for bowhead whales, and roamed by polar bears, Arctic wolves, caribou, and Arctic foxes
- Walrus tours, narwhal tours, and other specialized cruises and excursions possible for photographers and other enthusiasts
- Renowned naturalists and expedition staff on hand to enhance your experience with educational lectures and expert insights into the Arctic ecosystem
Some of the planet’s most spectacular wildlife calls the Far North home, and animal-spotting—on land, on sea, and on ice—is definitely a highlight of any cruise past the Arctic Circle. Reindeer (caribou) and muskoxen graze the barrens, shadowed by wolves; snowy owls and Arctic foxes draw the vastness of the tundra to a gorgeous, fire-eyed point as they hunt for lemmings. Polar bears and orcas reign at the top of the food chain. Ringed seals ride ice floes; herds of walruses flash their tusks at noisy haul-outs. Guillemots, kittiwakes, terns, and other seabirds throng sheer coastal cliffs. Belugas and narwhals spout in coastal waters; humpbacks, bowheads, and other baleen giants roll and dive off the ice fronts.
From dedicated polar bear and beluga whale tours and special photography cruises to opportunistic wildlife-viewing on general sightseeing cruises, Arctic getaways double as icy safaris of the finest kind.
About Arctic Wildlife Cruises & Tours
Some of the planet’s most spectacular wildlife calls the Far North home, and animal-spotting—on land, on sea, and on ice—is definitely a highlight of any cruise past the Arctic Circle. Reindeer (caribou) and muskoxen graze the barrens, shadowed by wolves; snowy owls and Arctic foxes draw the vastness of the tundra to a gorgeous, fire-eyed point as they hunt for lemmings. Polar bears and orcas reign at the top of the food chain. Ringed seals ride ice floes; herds of walruses flash their tusks at noisy haul-outs. Guillemots, kittiwakes, terns, and other seabirds throng sheer coastal cliffs. Belugas and narwhals spout in coastal waters; humpbacks, bowheads, and other baleen giants roll and dive off the ice fronts.
From dedicated polar bear and beluga whale tours and special photography cruises to opportunistic wildlife-viewing on general sightseeing cruises, Arctic getaways double as icy safaris of the finest kind.