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SPECIAL OFFER - SA £1000VE PER PERSON EXPEDITION TO THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE A VOYAGE IN THE WAKE OF GREAT EXPLORERS FROM TROMSO TO NOME ABOARD THE MS BREMEN TH TH 10 AUGUST TO 9 SEPTEMBER 2018 Panorama Lounge Polar bear Horned puffin Cape Dezhnev he sea passage through the Franz Josef Land Severnaya Zemlya Bolshevik Island The New Russian Arctic from Europe to Kara Sea T Novaya Zemlya Siberian Islands Chukchi Sea Cape Chelyuskin Asia was navigated for the first time North Cape Barents Wrangel Island Sea 140 years ago; it was an exclusion Tromso RUSSIA Kolyuchin Island Murmansk Chukchi Peninsula Bering Strait zone until just 30 years ago and Nome Provideniya USA remains a pioneering endeavour to NORWAY this day. Following in the wake of CANADA famous explorers into the territory Vancouver of the icebreakers, the MS Bremen will face the challenges of a spectacular expedition. An experience distinguished by dramatically bizarre landscapes and encounters with polar bears, seals and whales, the Northeast The Itinerary Passage has many entries in the history books and is still an Day 1 London to Tromso, Norway. and have time to explore Murmansk adventure in the present day. Fly by scheduled flight via Oslo on a choice of optional excursions arriving into Tromso this evening. before we sail later today. Transfer to our hotel for an Whilst this itinerary represents a true expedition cruise, we overnight stay. Days 5 & 6 Barents Sea. For will be travelling in the utmost comfort aboard the centuries, the Northeast Passage MS Bremen. The places visited and the order in which this Day 2 Tromso. Enjoy a morning at has fired the imagination of is achieved will vary depending on wildlife sightings and leisure before transferring to the pioneering spirits, from the early MS Bremen this afternoon and explorations by the naval powers diversions, such as following a whale that may appear at any sailing this evening. England and Holland in the 16th time. We will be sailing in one of the world’s most pristine century to the first successful regions witnessing nature in its purest sense, unscathed by Day 3 North Cape Cruising. passage by the Swede Adolf Erik the modern world and will be tracing part of a passage that People once believed that the Nordenskjöld between 1878 and conjures a history at once tragic and inspiring of courage, North Cape marked the end of the 1879. The days at sea will be in world, today it marks the beginning the shadow of the golden age determination, and superhuman endurance. of our expedition. We will cruise of Arctic explorers thanks to the pass the famous cliffs before exciting expert presentations; the You will be joined on board be an expert expedition team. heading to Russia. endeavours of Willem Barents will These hand-picked experts are naturalists, historians and be brought to life as you cruise ecologists and will share their knowledge and enthusiasm Day 4 Murmansk, Russia. Arrive in through the Barents Sea. during forays ashore and whilst on board. They will supervise Murmansk, the largest city north of the Arctic Circle and a military Days 7 to 14 Novaya Zemlya, Franz the daily programme, holding talks and briefings throughout exclusion zone until 1991. Today Josef Land & Severnaya Zemlya. the cruise. The expedition team has one aim, to make your trip we will complete our customs and As Barents circumnavigated Novaya as enjoyable, relaxing and informative as possible. immigration formalities into Russia Zemlya in 1596 on his search for www.noble-caledonia.co.uk +44 (0)20 7752 0000 Franz Josef Land Cape Dezhnev the Northeast Passage, his ship view the bird-inhabited cliff known as a polar bear nursery. They are us to large bird-inhabited cliffs with Franz Josef Land Severnaya Zemlya Bolshevik Island became trapped in the pack ice as Rubini Rock up-close. Besides an icy habitat where the kings of thousands of thick-billed murres, The New Kara Sea and the crew was forced to spend the imposing cliffs and basalt the Arctic bring their cubs into the black guillemots, kittiwakes, Novaya Zemlya Siberian Islands Chukchi Sea Cape Chelyuskin North Cape Barents Wrangel Island the winter there. Following in his columns, the island is also home world. But an even more impressive horned puffins and glaucous Sea conservation area for polar bears gulls. With a little luck we will see Tromso RUSSIA Kolyuchin Island wake, the MS Bremen will call at to the largest seabird colony in the Murmansk Chukchi Peninsula Bering Strait the deep bays of this raw, primeval archipelago. Only a few people lies before you, as well as the lots of walruses gathering on the Nome Provideniya USA island. In geological terms, it have seen these coasts – the same secrets of a legendary island. protruding cliffs. NORWAY is almost identical to the Urals, goes for the almost semi-glacial CANADA as it is a northern continuation islands of Severnaya Zemlya Days 22 to 25 Chukchi Sea & Days 26 to 29 Chukchi Peninsula, of this ancient mountain range inhabited by polar bears, Arctic Wrangel Island. The excitement on Bering Strait & Nome. The Chukchi Vancouver which was formed when Europe foxes, Arctic hares, walrus and seals. board rises as we hope to traverse Peninsula is a natural paradise for and Siberia collided. Subject to the often thick belt of drifting whales, seabirds and seals. On weather conditions, we will take the Days 15 to 21 Siberia. As we cruise ice around Wrangel Island. Here, Cape Dezhnev, the most north- Zodiacs and explore on land whilst the Siberian coast, the MS Bremen using our Zodiacs, we uncover the easterly point of the Eurasian thousands of seabirds brood on the can take full advantage of its status most spectacular aspects of nature landmass a walk will lead you to a steep cliffs. The Captain and crew as a small expedition ship with the on a grand scale. Numerous bird monument to the pioneer Semyon can react flexibly, allowing us to highest ice class. Only in this way species nest on the coasts and Dezhnev, the first to traverse the observe intense natural spectacles. can it manage to pass through the walks on the tundra will give us cape in 1648. In Lorino, you can They are always seeking out the eye of the needle in the Northeast the chance to take in the fantastic gain fascinating insights into the most incredible experiences and all Passage: Cape Chelyuskin, located mountain massifs and spot musk everyday life and nomadic traditions with consideration for the ice and between Bolshevik Island and the oxen and reindeer in the vast, silent of the Chukchi people who survive weather. Whilst exploring the Arctic mainland, is known for frequently landscape. Kolyuchin Island on by hunting and breeding reindeer. Ocean in 1873, the pioneers of the being blocked by ice. From here the edge of the Chukchi Peninsula Fascinating encounters also await Austro-Hungarian Polar Expedition the course will be determined by also offers overwhelming animal you on seldom-visited Provideniya, happened upon new land which the weather and ice, although observations. The Zodiacs can take located in the extreme east of they named after their emperor: there is great scope for exploration Russia, when you go ashore with the Franz Josef Land. Their first sight in the Zodiacs and sightings of experts and visit the small museum. was today’s Cape Tegetthoff on a number of rare seabirds. The It will be time to celebrate when the Hall Island, whose rocky peaks may same goes for the New Siberian MS Bremen sets sail for Alaska as also have pointed them towards Islands: they are the habitat for we will have successfully traversed adventure. The explorers first set reindeer, wolves, snow grouse and the Northeast Passage. We will foot on Wilczek Island, which is now lemmings. In 1893, the researcher cross the International Date Line as home to the grave of their engineer Fridtjof Nansen allowed his ship we sail to Nome arriving in the late Otto Krisch. Witness the mystery of to freeze in order to reach the afternoon for an overnight mooring. the geodes, perfect stone spheres geographic North Pole by using up to three metres in diameter, the natural ice drifts of the Arctic Day 30 Nome to Vancouver, on Champ Island. Hooker Island Ocean. These little-researched Canada. Disembark this morning also promises intense expedition islands give exciting insights and transfer to the airport for experiences. Enjoy an unforgettable into the “adolescence” of polar our specially chartered flight to visit to an abandoned Russian exploration. The Medvezhy Islands Vancouver. On arrival transfer to Arctic station from the 1930s or in the East Siberian Sea are famous Walrus, Franz Josef Land our hotel for an overnight stay. www.noble-caledonia.co.uk +44 (0)20 7752 0000 Kolyuchin Island birds Humpback whale Musk ox Exploring by Zodiac Champ Island Day 31 Vancouver to London. airport for our scheduled flight to Spend the day in Vancouver to London. explore at your own pace. This afternoon we will transfer to the Day 32 London. Arrive this morning. PRICES PER PERSON Based on double occupancy SPECIAL OFFER – SAVE £1000 PER PERSON FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY Cat Cabin Description Deck Brochure Price Special Offer Price Twin cabin with porthole 3 1 £17995 £16995 Arctic poppy Arctic hare 2 Twin cabin with panorama window 4 £19995 £18995 3 Twin cabin with panorama window 4 £21995 £20995 4 Twin cabin with panorama window 5 £23495 £22495 5 Twin cabin with panorama window 5 £25495 £24495 6 Twin cabin with balcony 6 £28995 £27995 7 Suite with balcony 7 £35995 £34995 5 For sole use 5 £30995 £29995 Price Includes: Economy class scheduled air travel between London and Tromso and Vancouver to London, charter flight from Nome to Vancouver, 28 nights aboard the MS Bremen on a full board basis, overnight accommodation in Wilczek Island Tromso and Vancouver on a bed and breakfast basis, mini-bar with soft drinks in your cabin restocked each day, Zodiac excursions, expedition team including onboard lectures, transfers, landing fees, gratuities to crew, port taxes, airport taxes, loan of waterproof boots and parka during cruise.
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