Arctic Expeditions
The North Pole
The Arctic is one of the last frontiers of earth. Although it isn’t perhaps the easiest land to travel, it rewards you with nothing but beauty and awe. It is the place of Viking conquest and boasts a rich collection of wildlife, including the polar bear, walrus, musk ox and narwhal. Unlike Antarctica, the Arctic region is home to small communities of people who have developed some of the hardiest societies on the planet. The region spans the Arctic Ocean and covers land areas in parts of Canada, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, and the United States (Alaska) as well as Sweden and Finland.
We’d like to take you with Quark Expeditions, the world leader in polar adventures. Consult us on the various journeys they offer, depending on your time and determination. Their most diverse Arctic expedition is aboard their Sea Explorer ship, where in addition to wildlife excursions by Zodiac and tundra hikes, you’ll spend time visiting fishing villages and Inuit settlements, taking time to learn about their heritage and culture. Why not spend a week at a unique Canadian Arctic Wilderness Lodge and world-class beluga whale observation site, where you’ll observe musk ox, polar bears and more wildlife in their natural habitat. Alternatively, can you picture yourself in Greenland? It is home to the world’s great fjords and some of the most active glaciers outside of Antarctica. You’ll be dwarfed by the sheer size and scale of nature in Greenland, where the forces of nature still reign supreme.
Arctic Life, by Wildglimpses