Arctic
Jewels of the Arctic: Svalbard & East Greenland
Welcome to Aurora’s Jewels of the Arctic expedition. Explore Svalbard, a world of near-endless daylight, where polar bear sightings quicken your pulse, walrus haul out on sea ice and guillemot cries echo from towering cliffs. In East Greenland, sail deep into the world’s largest fjord, Scoresbysund, visit Ittoqqortoormiit, one of the world’s remotest Inuit settlements, cruise among iridescent icebergs sculpted into fantastic shapes, and walk across tundra blooming in brightly coloured flowers.
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Voyage Overview
Welcome to Aurora’s Jewels of the Arctic expedition. Explore Svalbard, a world of near-endless daylight, where polar bear sightings quicken your pulse, walrus haul out on sea ice and guillemot cries echo from towering cliffs. In East Greenland, sail deep into the world’s largest fjord, Scoresbysund, visit Ittoqqortoormiit, one of the world’s remotest Inuit settlements, cruise among iridescent icebergs sculpted into fantastic shapes, and walk across tundra blooming in brightly coloured flowers.
Highlight
- Watch arctic fox hunt beneath towering cliffs that are home to enormous colonies of guillemots and fulmars
- In Svalbard, push through pack ice, watch for polar bears and ringed seals
- Quietly approach musk oxen and reindeer on tundra walks
- Zodiac-cruise along vast glacial fronts and into Øfjord as sunset paints the surrounding 2,000-metre (6,562-feet) walls a vibrant pink
- Marvel at the ancient geology of East Greenland, where mountains are painted in stripes by nature’s brush and fjords are surrounded by walls of various shades of pinks, oranges and purple.
- Learn about the history and culture of the Inuit people, who have inhabited this region for centuries.
