SPITSBERGEN ARCTIC COMPREHENSIVE AIR, LAND & CRUISE PACKAGE THINK IT DREAM IT LIVE IT THE ONE OCEAN EXPEDITIONS ARCTIC PROGRAM is built on over fifteen years of local experience and 150 voyages into Spitsbergen and the Canadian High Arctic. Unique GO NORTH! programming designed with specialised expertise and local * knowledge utilizing both Inuit and Western guides. Our leaders SAVE $1650US* • One night pre-cruise accommodation and guides intrinsically understand ice conditions in the area in Oslo or Longyearbyen and how wildlife are affected by ice coverage. We also tailor • Longyearbyen transfers from hotel to airport make our itineraries to be flexible in their approach, allowing and airport to hotel more time focused on intimate and unique wildlife encounters. • Return Domestic flights Oslo-Longyearbyen • Complimentary use of shipboard Bushnell Binoculars • Complimentary use of shipboard wet weather gear & rubber boots *Optional air credit of $1000 US instead of full package value. New bookings only with limited availability. SPITSBERGEN ARCTIC COMPREHENSIVE AIR, LAND & CRUISE PACKAGE With a staff to passenger ratio that ensures personalized serviced for each one of our guests, adventure concierges to take care of (even the smallest) details, great food, IAN STIRLING knowledgable staff and one of the best ships in the MARINE MAMMAL SCIENTIST & EDUCATOR Arctic, there is only One Ocean. Those interested Ian Stirling is a marine mammal scientist who has in onboard experts will be excited to travel with our studied polar bears and polar seals (Arctic and highly experienced and knowledgable shipboard staff; Antarctic) for 43 years. He is an Adjunct Professor in specializing in many topics ranging from geology to the Department of Biological Sciences, University of ornithology, and from the cultural arts to photography. Alberta, Edmonton and a Research Scientist Emeritus with Environment Canada. His particular interests include ecology, behaviour, relationships between SPITSBERGEN predators and prey species, and conservation of polar marine mammals and ecosystems. He studied EXPLORER Weddell seals in McMurdo Sound in the late 1960s for his PhD and has subsequently participated in 8 FROM $4990 US different research expeditions to study ice-breeding LONGYEARBYEN, SVALBARD TO LONGYEARBYEN, SVALBARD seals in both the Ross Sea and Antarctic Peninsula An exploration of the Svalbard Archipelago. A region rich, in regions. He participates in a number of national and both wildlife and history. This voyage covers wildlife, historical international committees on polar bears and marine settlements, glaciers and towering ice. With a flexible itinerary mammals and has authored or co-authored over 300 we plan our route based on current ice cover and wildlife scientific articles and 4 books, including Polar Bears: populations to maximize our time and opportunities for zodiac The Natural History of a Threatened Species, which is cruising, kayaking, hiking and taking pictures of this amazing the definitive work on the natural history and biology of northern archipelago. the iconic arctic mammal. FROM: JUNE 26 JULY 5 JULY 27 AUG 6, 2013 TO: JULY 5 JULY 15 AUG 6 AUG 16, 2013 SIMON BOYES SPITSBERGEN ORNITHOLOGIST & EDUCATOR Simon was born in 1952 in Leicestershire, UK, where ENCOUNTER his father had a small farm. He began watching birds at the age of 12, and has rarely put his binoculars FROM $3990 US down since. He has a degree in Classics from Oxford LONGYEARBYEN, SVALBARD TO LONGYEARBYEN, SVALBARD University (useful for understanding scientific names!) This condensed voyage highlights the northern coast of and a M.Sc. in Environmental Conservation from Spitsbergen with a focus on coastal wildlife and remnants of Edinburgh. For the last 34 years he has made a living the northern pack ice. The ice choked waterways of northern leading wildlife tours (mostly bird-watching tours), to Spitsbergen offer great opportunities to spot Polar Bears, and all 7 continents: over 300 tours in all. He has worked the rocky shores are perfect vantage points for walrus haul on 10 voyages to Antarctica, two to Spitsbergen outs. With a must stop at the Monaco Glacier, this voyage is (Svalbard), two to the South Pacific and around the perfect for those looking to experience the most in the least British Isles, one along the Amazon, and one in Baja amount of time. California and the Sea of Cortez. Having turned his first hobby into work, Simon has found some new ones: FROM: AUG 16, 2013 wildlife gardening, cricket, snorkelling, baking bread TO: AUG 24, 2013 and playing traditional Irish jigs and reels on mandolin..