NORTHWEST PASSAGE Epic High Arctic ARCTIC 2021 | INAUGURAL SEASON Contents Overview Itinerary Arrival and Departure Details Your Ship Included Activities Adventure Options Dates & Rates Inclusions & Exclusions Your Expedition Team Meals on Board Possible Excursions Packing Checklist Overview Northwest Passage: Epic High Arctic The fabled sea route connecting the Atlantic and Paci c Oceans, the Northwest EXPEDITION IN BRIEF Passage continues to grip our collective imagination. On this captivating -day Experience highlights of the voyage, we invite you aboard our game-changing new vessel, Ultramarine, to explore Canadian Arctic and Greenland this fascinating waterway with an incredible range of on-board comforts and o-ship Visit traditional Inuit and adventures no other vessel can oer. Passing through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, Greenlandic communities guests will journey back in time to the height of Arctic exploration, navigating the View Arctic wildlife, such as waters explored by sailors from dierent lands and visiting the sites that helped whales, walrus and muskoxen unlock the eventual discovery of this long-coveted route. Explore the Ilulissat Iceord, a Aboard the technologically-advanced Ultramarine, you will explore this remarkable UNESCO World Heritage Site environment in unforgettable ways—taking advantage of two twin-engine helicopters, Cruise in a Zodiac to get up quick-launching Zodiads, the most extensive portfolio of adventure options in close to the spectacular scenery the industry, more outdoor wildlife viewing spaces than any other expedition ship Enjoy ightseeing and heli its size—to create your quintessential Arctic experience. Marvel at highlights of the landings with Ultramarine’s two Canadian Arctic and Greenland’s stunning west coast, stopping at traditional Inuit onboard helicopters and Greenlandic communities. Participate in included helicopter activities and take in the vast, pristine Arctic wilderness from the air. Visit the UNESCO World Heritage site Ilulissat Iceord, whose Jakobshavn glacier calves o icebergs up to a kilometer high. And keep your eyes peeled for the elusive and majestic creatures who make their home in this harsh, remote landscapes, such as whales, walrus, muskoxen and polar bears. Come aboard Ultramarine, venture to the fabled route that for centuries held explorers in its grip, and return home forever bonded to the spirit of Arctic adventure. Itinerary DAY | ARRIVE IN aboard Ultramarine, the newest ship in our TORONTO, CANADA eet, you’ll navigate the same icy inlets, Your Arctic expedition begins in channels and bays that fascinated legendary Resolute Toronto. Explore this vibrant city on Qaanaaq GREENLAND explorers of long ago. Designed to give polar Beechey Island your own before spending the night adventurers unprecedented access to the Cape York Dundas at your well-appointed hotel. hardest-to-reach places on the planet—and Harbour equipped with two onboard twin-engine Upernavik DAY | FLY TO RESOLUTE AND EMBARK helicopters for unparalleled access to areas Ban Bay Uummannaq FROM Ilulissat This morning, board your charter ight only Quark Expeditions can bring you—this TORONTO one-of-a-kind ship, in its inaugural year, to Resolute. Upon arrival, you’ll have a ARCTIC Kangerlussuaq CIRCLE Ban chance to walk around this small Arctic will take you beyond the familiar in polar Island town before enjoying your rst of many exploration. Throughout your journey, your Expedition Team will keep an eye toward Zodiac cruises as you’re transferred to Davis Strait immersing you in the best the Arctic has to TO your ship. TORONTO oer at the top of the world. DAYS TO | EXPLORING Named after explorer Frederick William CANADA’S HIGH ARCTIC NORTHWEST PASSAGE Cruising around the remote regions Beechey, of the Royal Navy, Beechey Epic High Arctic Island is a Canadian National Historic Onboard the Ultramarine of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Flights from Toronto to and from ship Site. It’s an important stop on our The eastern end of Lancaster Sound Visit the monument to the first Inuit voyage, as this is the final resting place affords numerous hiking opportunities settlers, as well as the remnants of the of three members of Sir John Franklin’s on Devon Island. We’ll anchor at Croker “old camp” where they lived. ill-fated 1845–46 expedition to find Bay, where we’ll Zodiac cruise along the DAYS 7 & 8 | EXPLORING the Northwest Passage. The graves, face of an active glacier. We’ll try to keep SMITH SOUND on a remote windswept beach, were a safe distance, but still hope to get close Before saying goodbye to Canada, discovered in 1851 by the crew of British enough to appreciate the splendor of we’ll try to cruise as far north as possible, and American vessels searching for signs calving ice. Walrus frequent the waters exploring both sides of Smith Sound, the of Franklin’s lost expedition. here, so be sure to have your camera uninhabited passage between Ellesmere handy. A hike to a nearby archaeological Radstock Bay is a popular research Island and Greenland. site is another possible excursion. At location for observing polar bears, Dundas Harbour, trek along a beach to a QAANAAQ, GREENLAND which are often seen here in summer. DAY 9 | former Royal Canadian Mounted Police Your first stop in Greenland is Qaanaaq, An impressive Thule archaeological site outpost. Encounters with muskoxen are formerly known as Thule, one of the provides insight into how these pre-Inuit possible here. northernmost towns in the world (there’s people lived in the Far North. a reason ancient philosophers called Canada’s most northern settlement, For almost 5,000 years, the hamlet of it Ultima Thule, or “edge of known Grise Fjord will be your final shore visit Arctic Bay and its surrounding area territory”). Here, local Inuit share their in the Canadian High Arctic. Now home has been occupied by Inuit nomads culture and traditions, and the museum to about 150 residents, the traditional, migrating from the west. Surrounded sheds more light on what it’s like living mostly Inuit community was created by soaring cliffs teeming with seabirds, near the top of the world. in 1953, when the federal government this is a great spot to go ashore and learn resettled eight Inuit families from about the Inuit community’s traditional DAY 10 | AT SEA northern Quebec. Hunting and fishing way of life. As we sail south along the west coast of are a significant part of their way of life. Greenland, presentations by our on- 3 board experts will prepare you for the ship approaches the shore, you’ll want Cruising farther south rewards with adventures that lie ahead. to be on deck to take in the incredible spectacular views of Eqip Sermia. The DAYS 11 TO 15 | EXPLORING view of the twin peaks towering over the jagged, blue-tinged glacier soaring out of WEST GREENLAND vibrantly painted wooden houses dotting the crystal-clear water is one of the most With spectacular glaciers, soaring fjords the rocky terrain below. The settlement beautiful sights in Greenland, and we and vibrant communities, the west coast was established as a Danish colony in hope to Zodiac cruise along its massive of Greenland will leave you breathless. 1758 on the mainland, but it relocated front from a safe distance. We may also five years later because seal hunting was go ashore to explore nearby. Nuussuaq (formerly known as more plentiful here. Kraulshavn) is the only mainland Just south of Ilulissat, which means community in the Upernavik Archipelago. In the nearby archaeological site of “iceberg” in Greenlandic, is the Founded in 1923 as a trading station, it’s Qilaqitsoq (also known as Qilakitsoq), impressive Ilulissat Icefjord. The one of the most traditional hunting and you’ll visit the ruins of an ancient UNESCO World Heritage Site is home fishing villages in Greenland. settlement, where the remains of eight to Sermeq Kujalleq, the most productive fully dressed mummies were discovered glacier in the northern hemisphere. As It’s not surprising that the red-hued, under a rock outcrop in 1972 by a pair we Zodiac cruise at the mouth of the heart-shaped mountain that rises up of hunters. The famous Greenlandic fjord, you may be lucky to witness the behind Uummannaq gave the traditional mummies, which date back to 1475 A.D., wonders of calving ice (listen to the loud community its name (Uummannaq means are on view at the Greenland National roars as the ice breaks off ). Founded in “heart-like” in Greenlandic). As your Museum in Nuuk. 1741, the traditional town, which boasts 4 more sled dogs than people, is famous in its own right: it was the birthplace Situated in a scenic hollow on a small island with no freshwater, the colorful of explorer Knud Rasmussen, the first IMPORTANT REMINDER community of Itilleq, which has about to traverse the Northwest Passage by Embracing the unexpected is part dogsled, in the early 1920s . Hikes here 130 inhabitants, is surrounded by sea, of the legacy—and excitement—of lead out to stunning views of the young mountains and fjords. The final excursion expedition travel. When traveling icebergs as as they float out the fjord to of your Arctic adventure may be a hike in extremely remote regions, your Disko Bay. around Itilleq Fjord. Expedition Team must consider the sea, ice and weather to guide the route In Sisimiut, you’ll be treated to a DAY 14 | DISEMBARK IN and itinerary details. This itinerary is KANGERLUSSUAQ & FLY TO TORONTO traditional kayaking demonstration. a tentative outline of what you may Enjoy one more Zodiac ride to shore, The kayak (an Inuit word that the experience on this voyage; please be English borrowed) is Greenland’s where you’ll board your charter flight aware that no specific itinerary can be national symbol and can be traced back back to Toronto, Canada.