Set sail on Svalbard Circumnavigation, a 10-day voyage that loops the wild islands of Svalbard under the high Arctic sun. This journey takes you along ice-sculpted fjords, past drifting pack ice, through seabird-crowded cliffs, and into places few ever reach.
You begin in Longyearbyen and head into northwest Spitsbergen, where glaciers, jagged peaks, and crystalline waters set the stage. At sea, walruses haul out on rocky shores, whales slip silently past, and the vastness of sea and sky fills your view. As you push north toward 80° latitude, pack ice becomes a landscape of wilderness—constantly shifting, always powerful.
Onshore, walks and Zodiac cruises bring you face-to-face with life in the Arctic: Arctic foxes on tundra, reindeer grazing slopes, seabird colonies bustling—Brünnich’s guillemots, razorbills, black guillemots, all fishing in the wake of your ship. Southern fjords like Hornsund and Bellsund offer glacier fronts calving into water, rugged cliffs drenched in color, and beaches that feel utterly remote.
This is an expedition not just to see, but to feel: the sun that never sets, ice that creaks, the immediacy of wildlife in its free state, and the quiet moments between—where the Arctic shows both its grandeur and its intimacy.
If you’re longing for something that lingers long after you return home, explore our Destination Arctic overview to see when this circumnavigation runs, what to expect, and how to choose the expedition that matches your spirit.
And why limit yourself to one story? Add on pre- or post-voyage adventures through Mexico, Panama, or the legendary Cuba with North South Journeys to make this journey one chapter in a grand travel tale.
