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| 1 | Saturday, August 28, 2027 | Kangerlussuaq, Greenland | Embark | 6:00 PM |
Kangerlussuaq (Danish: Søndre Strømfjord) is a settlement in western Greenland in the Qeqqata municipality, located at the head of a fjord of the same name, and just inside the Arctic Circle. The town lies between glacial-fed Qinnguata Kuussua river to the SE, fjord to the SW, and hills rising sharply to 400m to the north. Russell Glacier and the Greenland ice sheet lie about 22km further east. Read more about Kangerlussuaq, Greenland |
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| 2 | Sunday, August 29, 2027 | Sisimiut, Greenland | 12:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
Sisimiut is a town in central-western Greenland, located on the coast of Davis Strait, approximately 320 km north of Nuuk, and about 42km inside the Artic Circle (April 2017). It is the administrative center of the region and the second-largest town in Greenland. As the northernmost year-round ice-free port in the country, it is an important shipping hub for outlying settlements. Read more about Sisimiut, Greenland |
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| 3 | Monday, August 30, 2027 | Kitsissuarsuit (Dog's Island) | ||
| 4 | Tuesday, August 31, 2027 | Saqqaq, Greenland | 12:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
Saqqaq is a village on the Nuussuaq Peninsula in the Quaasuitsup municipality of western Greenland, 380km north of the Arctic Circle (April 2017). The village of fewer than 200 is reached by sea only during summer and autumn. The village name means “the sunny side”, as it faces south. Read more about Saqqaq, Greenland |
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| 5 | Wednesday, September 1, 2027 | At Sea | ||
| 6 | Thursday, September 2, 2027 | Pond Inlet, Canada | 12:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
Pond Inlet is a small, modern, attractive Inuit community (population 1550) located on northern Baffin Island above the 72nd parallel. The town is particularly picturesque hamlet, surrounded by massive icecapped mountains, dozens of glaciers, ice floes and explorable ice caves. No wonder Pond Inlet is considered one of Canada's "jewels of the North". Read more about Pond Inlet, Canada |
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| 7 | Friday, September 3, 2027 | Queen Harbour, Philpots Island, Nunavut | ||
| 8 | Saturday, September 4, 2027 | Dundas Harbour, Nunavut | ||
| 8 | Saturday, September 4, 2027 | Croker Bay, Nunavut | ||
| 9 | Sunday, September 5, 2027 | Port Leopold, Nunavut | ||
| 10 | Monday, September 6, 2027 | Fort Ross, Nunavut | ||
| 10 | Monday, September 6, 2027 | Bellot Strait, Nunavut, Canada | 12:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
Bellot Strait above the Arctic Circle is a 30 km passage, round 1 km wide, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, separating Somerset Island on the north from the Boothia Peninsula on the south. The strait runs roughly east to west. Both sides of the strait rise steeply some 200m or so. Read more about Bellot Strait, Nunavut, Canada |
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| 11 | Tuesday, September 7, 2027 | Coningham Bay, Nunavut | ||
| 12 | Wednesday, September 8, 2027 | Prescott Island, Nunavut | ||
| 13 | Thursday, September 9, 2027 | Beechey Island, Canada | 12:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
Beechey Island is located in the Wellington Channel of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, Canada. It is separated from the southwest corner of Devon Island by Barrow Strait. The island is best known for being the place where members of Sir John Franklin’s party searched for the Northwest Passage in 1845-46. Read more about Beechey Island, Canada |
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| 13 | Thursday, September 9, 2027 | Radstock Bay, Devon Island, Nunavut | ||
| 14 | Friday, September 10, 2027 | Arctic Bay, Nunavut | ||
| 15 | Saturday, September 11, 2027 | At Sea | ||
| 16 | Sunday, September 12, 2027 | Baffin Fjords Exploration | ||
| 17 | Monday, September 13, 2027 | Baffin Fjords Exploration | ||
| 18 | Tuesday, September 14, 2027 | At Sea | ||
| 19 | Wednesday, September 15, 2027 | Evighedsforden, Greenland | 12:00 AM | 12:00 AM |
Evighedsforden (‘Everlasting Fjord’; also Kangerlussuatsiaq Fjord) in SW Greenland lies just below the Arctic Circle along its 90 km length. The fjord flows in a deep canyon into the Davis Strait, with a water depth of 700m. Its feed-in glaciers drain the Maniitsoq ice sheet. Read more about Evighedsforden, Greenland |
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| 20 | Thursday, September 16, 2027 | Kangerlussuaq, Greenland | 4:00 AM | Disembark |
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Kangerlussuaq (Danish: Søndre Strømfjord) is a settlement in western Greenland in the Qeqqata municipality, located at the head of a fjord of the same name, and just inside the Arctic Circle. The town lies between glacial-fed Qinnguata Kuussua river to the SE, fjord to the SW, and hills rising sharply to 400m to the north. Russell Glacier and the Greenland ice sheet lie about 22km further east. Read more about Kangerlussuaq, Greenland |
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Cruiseline: Ponant Ship: L'Austral Departure: Saturday, August 28, 2027 Nights: 19 nights Departs: Kangerlussuaq Returns: Kangerlussuaq
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