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Monday, August 12, 2024 |
Reykjavik, Iceland |
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Reykjavik, the capital and largest city of Iceland, is the gateway to Iceland's stunning natural wonders, which range from ice fields to boiling thermal pools. The landscape on the island seems to be in a continual process of transformation much like its society, which blends Nordic tradition with sophisticated technology. On the waterfront see the open-air history of shipping disasters. Read more about Reykjavik, Iceland
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Tuesday, August 13, 2024 |
Sailing Through The Denmark Strait |
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Wednesday, August 14, 2024 |
Sailing Through The Denmark Strait |
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Thursday, August 15, 2024 |
Prince Christian Sound, Greenland |
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Located on the southernmost tip of Greenland, the largest island in the world, is Prins Christian Sund (Danish), 500m wide and 100 km long, with mountains either side rising 1000m above sea level. A scenic cruise through this channel is one of the world’s best day-scenes from a cruise ship. It is awe-inspiring, with its rugged beauty of narrow passages, dramatic rock formations, steep fjords, drifting ice floes, and towering glaciers marking the southern tip of the massive Greenland ice field. Read more about Prince Christian Sound, Greenland
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Friday, August 16, 2024 |
Prince Christian Sound, Greenland |
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Located on the southernmost tip of Greenland, the largest island in the world, is Prins Christian Sund (Danish), 500m wide and 100 km long, with mountains either side rising 1000m above sea level. A scenic cruise through this channel is one of the world’s best day-scenes from a cruise ship. It is awe-inspiring, with its rugged beauty of narrow passages, dramatic rock formations, steep fjords, drifting ice floes, and towering glaciers marking the southern tip of the massive Greenland ice field. Read more about Prince Christian Sound, Greenland
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Saturday, August 17, 2024 |
Nuuk, Greenland |
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Nuuk is the capital and largest city of Greenland, as well as being the northernmost capital in the world, though 2 degrees south of the Arctic Circle. It’s a place where the old and the new are united in a unique and dynamic way. The missionary Hans Egede founded Nuuk in 1728 as the very first town in Greenland. Read more about Nuuk, Greenland
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Sunday, August 18, 2024 |
At Sea Aboard Le Commandant Charcot |
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Monday, August 19, 2024 |
Saqqaq, Greenland |
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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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Tuesday, August 20, 2024 |
At Sea Aboard Le Commandant Charcot |
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Wednesday, August 21, 2024 |
Pond Inlet, Canada |
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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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Thursday, August 22, 2024 |
Lancaster Sound |
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Friday, August 23, 2024 |
Radstock Bay, Devon Island, Nunavut |
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Saturday, August 24, 2024 |
Beechey Island, Canada |
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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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Sunday, August 25, 2024 |
Ice Crossing Of The Northwest |
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Monday, August 26, 2024 |
Ice Crossing Of The Northwest |
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Tuesday, August 27, 2024 |
Ice Crossing Of The Northwest |
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Wednesday, August 28, 2024 |
Banks Island |
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Thursday, August 29, 2024 |
Banks Island |
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Friday, August 30, 2024 |
Sailing Ice Floes In Beaufort |
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Saturday, August 31, 2024 |
Sailing Ice Floes In Beaufort |
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Sunday, September 1, 2024 |
Sailing Ice Floes In Beaufort |
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Monday, September 2, 2024 |
Sailing Ice Floes In Beaufort |
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Tuesday, September 3, 2024 |
Sailing In Beaufort Sea |
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Wednesday, September 4, 2024 |
Crossing The Bering Strait |
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Thursday, September 5, 2024 |
Nome, USA |
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Nome is a seaport used by freighters and cruise ships, located on the southern side of the Seward Peninsula in Norton Sound, Alaska, just 250km across from Siberian Russia. It was a small Inupiat Eskimo settlement until the discovery of gold in 1898 brought over 20,000 fortune seekers, but most left after 10 years, and today there are approximately 4000 residents with half being Native Americans. Interestingly, Nome is the finish line of the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race covering over 1680km across the wilderness from Anchorage. Read more about Nome, USA
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