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| Depart: | Arrive: | Type of Cruise: | Days: | Price Per Person: |
| Thursday July 19 2012 |
Saturday Aug 4 2012 |
Land of the Midnight Sun; Arctic Voyage to Wild Labrador & Greenland |
17 Day |
Expedition Cruise: Land of the Midnight Sun: Arctic Voyage to Wild Labrador & Greenland
| Dates: | Thursday, July 19, 2012 |
Saturday, August 4, 2012 |
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| Departure: | Makkovik, Labrador |
| Disembarkation: | Aasiaat, Disko Bay, Greenland |
| Duration: | 17 Days |
| Price: | $ 5,200 **** *** |
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Our Northern Expedition will begin in Makkovik, Labrador where you will join the Wanderbird. You will have a chance to experience to a meal prepared by local residents in a place where char and caribou are delicious staple foods. Welcome or "Atelihai"! Makkovik is part of Nunatsiavut; "Our Beautiful Land" in Inuttitut, the home of the Labrador Inuit.
Photo © Michael Earle
Photo © K. Miles |
We will head due North from Makkovik as we visit some of the remote Inuit settlements on the wild coast of Labrador. Ports of call may include Hopedale, Nain, Hebron, Okak or Nutak where you will experience Labrador Inuit culture. Time will be spent exploring in the Torngat Mountains National Park in search of the great white bear. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to see healthy Polar Bear in their natural habitat! We will also look for black bear, wolves, caribou, whales, seals & seabirds.
We will continue north possibly as far as the Resolute Island and/or Baffin Island in search of walrus, as we wait for a fine weather window for our sixty hour crossing of the Davis Strait to Disko Bay in Greenland. You will want to bring along a good book or two, some knitting, rug hooking, game, other craft or activity to pass the time on this Arctic ocean passage.
As we reach Disko Bay, we will sail amidst a parade of icebergs en route to Greenlandic communities; an out of this worldly experience... pure Greenland! We'll meet the people who inhabit this demanding coastal environment, visit cultural sites, modern communities as well as historic hamlets where sledge dogs out number the people. We'll visit spectacular calving glaciers.
Photo © K. Miles |
Photo © K. Miles |
We will spend time cruising and exploring in Disko Bay in search of whales, experience the stunning bold & immense landscape, view sublime natural wonders, while enjoying the amazing Arctic experience of midnight sun!
Our final destination will be the community of Aasiaat in Disco Bay, Greenland, known for having an abundant population of whales.
Photo © K. Miles
This is an Arctic Expedition of a lifetime and we would like to experience it with 12 like minded travellers who are easy going, friendly, polite, and of course, adventurous! You must posses a true sense of adventure, and a willingness to experience this awesome Arctic Voyage as it presents itself.
We are not like other ships - we take you to places where 100 passenger ships cannot go, and we offer an intimate, spontaneous and unique experience! We want those of you who join us to be fully prepared for the culture and climate in which we will be travelling. Our job is to provide you with a safe & sound vessel, an experienced & friendly crew, room and board, and a unique adventure to some of the most beautiful, remote and rewarding places on this planet. You can see all these places quite well on Google Earth!
Photo © K. Miles
**** Please be advised that Travel Insurance and Emergency Evacuation Insurance are absolutely required for this trip!
Northern Travel Note:
*** Guests are responsible for their own travel costs and arrangements to and from our start and end points in Labrador & Greenland. For some suggestions on travel to those ports, please see our Travel Tips pages on this site.
Due to remote destinations and limited sources for provisions on some of our Northern Expedition trips, we are not be able to accommodate special dietary requests on these trips; please check with us directly before making your reservation.
Schedule your trip now by calling 1-866-SEA-BIRD or 1-866-732-2473
Email: wanderbirdcruises@gmail.com
You can also use
this handy reservation form.
Photo © K. Miles
Arctic Circle Certificates
A seafaring tradition, possibly beginning in the British Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy, sailors crossing the Arctic Circle (66- 32 North latitude) were subject to various ceremonies comemmorating their visiting the "Northern Domain of the Polar Bear" and becoming a "Blue Nose". Fancy and varied certificates, often unique to the shipping company or agency, decorated with arctic scenes, maps or wildlife, have been traditionally presented to sailors and passengers as part of a ceremony to comemmorate crossing the Artic Circle. Passengers who cross the Arctic Circle with us are given this personalized certificate that is unique to the expedition vessel Wanderbird (artwork by Capt. Karen Miles). (see: Unofficial U.S. Navy Certificates, images of certificates, and a sample from the HMS Vanguard)
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