Day 1 - Tuesday - Aug 26, 2025
Arrive in Reykjavik, the world's northernmost capital, which lies just below the Arctic Circle. Transfer from the airport to the city and spend the day exploring at your own pace. Check in with the hospitality desk this afternoon to make final arrangements before your charter flight the following day.
Day 2 - Wednesday - Aug 27, 2025
Fly from Reykjavik on the recommended flight to Nuuk, Greenland's capital thriving capital city. Settle into your cabin and enjoy a scenic sailing out of the Nuuk fjord and into the open water of the Davis Strait, as the ship navigates north along the coastline.; Note: If you are not purchasing the recommended flight, please get in touch to confirm your arrangements.
Day 3 - Thursday - Aug 28, 2025
Upon arrival to Sisimiut, a former whaling port, enjoy your choice of guided walks through the sights and sounds of the village, including Dog Town or Sallinnguit, a small island with centuries of history from Inuit culture through colonization and current day industry. In your free time, enjoy a local food tasting, visit the open-air museum, or explore the local artisan workshops.
Day 4 - Friday - Aug 29, 2025
| Cruising Ilulissat / Disko Bay, Greenland |
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Sail into Qeqertarsuup Tunua, also known as Disko Bay, and be welcomed by floating icebergs calved off the world's most active glacier, Sermeq Kujalleq. On Disko Island, the second largest in Baffin Bay, enjoy a day of expedition activities as conditions permit, including backcountry hiking, photo walks, and naturalist led botany walks. This evening, sail away from the Greenlandic Coast and venture to the west and the Canadian Arctic.
Day 5 - Saturday - Aug 30, 2025
| Cruising Detroit de Davis, Canada |
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Day 6 - Sunday - Aug 31, 2025
| Cruising Lancaster Sound, Canada |
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Day 7 - Monday - Sep 1, 2025
The Northwest Passage begins in the Davis Strait between Greenland and Canada. Your exploration takes you along the beautiful bays and inlets of Baffin Island's Lancaster Sound, a favorite Inuit hunting and fishing location for hundreds of years. Carved by Ice Age glaciers, Lancaster Sound is also the eastern gateway to the Arctic Archipelago, where European explorers like William Baffin first ventured in the 17th century to search for the Northwest Passage. As you continue your exploration into Lancaster Sound, days are spent searching for ringed seals, Arctic foxes, walruses, and polar bears, as well as beluga and bowhead whales. Visit Devon Island and take a walk with the ship's archaeologist to learn about the Thule people-ancestors of the modern Inuit-that once inhabited this region.
Day 8 - Tuesday - Sep 2, 2025
| Captain's Choice, United States |
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Day 9 - Wednesday - Sep 3, 2025
| Captain's Choice, United States |
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Day 10 - Thursday - Sep 4, 2025
| Captain's Choice, United States |
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Day 11 - Friday - Sep 5, 2025
| Captain's Choice, United States |
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Day 12 - Saturday - Sep 6, 2025
| Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada |
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Explore the ice-laden channels and glacier-carved islands that stretch for hundreds of miles-a stunning display of raw geology. Take your cues from nature in the High Arctic Archipelago: following wildlife, stopping for hikes on the tundra, dropping anchor in a beautiful fjord or an iceberg-strewn bay to explore and kayak amongst massive ice sculptures and soaring cliffs. Sail among the northernmost cluster of islands in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, learning about the Inuit peoples who have hunted and fished here for thousands of years as well as the famous explorers who have sailed these waters such as Sir John Ross. You'll be constantly on the lookout for animals that call this region home, such as ringed seals, Arctic foxes, musk oxen, walruses, polar bears, and beluga and bowhead whales.
Day 13 - Sunday - Sep 7, 2025
| Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada |
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Day 14 - Monday - Sep 8, 2025
| Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada |
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Day 15 - Tuesday - Sep 9, 2025
| Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada |
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Day 16 - Wednesday - Sep 10, 2025
| Queen Elizabeth Islands, Canada |
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Day 17 - Thursday - Sep 11, 2025
Heading ever northward, make your way up the beautiful and remote east coast of Ellesmere Island. Cruise along scenic Smith Bay (a.k.a. Skog Inlet, named for Leif Skog, Lindblad's own renowned ice captain and world explorer) bordered by a steep wall of mountains, with a glacial ice tongue which pours down the mountains on either side. Be up on the bridge to search for a patch of "polar bear ice", the mixture of first-year and multi-year sea ice that is the preferred habitat of the ice bears. Your binoculars will seek out any small ivory-colored dot on an otherwise white ice surface. With luck, these small dots will be local polar bears exploring the ice and making their way across the landscape of the Arctic Archipelago. After exploring to the edge of the ice, turn your attention eastward to the largest island in the world: Greenland. The shores of northern Greenland continue to challenge explorers and locals alike to carve out their daily lives among some of the most beautiful and harsh conditions. Kayak in sheltered coves, embark on hikes (when the coast is clear of polar bears), and visit local communities that continue the traditional hunting practices.
Day 18 - Friday - Sep 12, 2025
| Captain's Choice, United States |
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Day 19 - Saturday - Sep 13, 2025
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Day 20 - Sunday - Sep 14, 2025
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Day 21 - Monday - Sep 15, 2025
| North Coast of Greenland, Greenland |
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Heading ever northward, make your way up the beautiful and remote east coast of Ellesmere Island. Cruise along scenic Smith Bay (a.k.a. Skog Inlet, named for Leif Skog, Lindblad's own renowned ice captain and world explorer) bordered by a steep wall of mountains, with a glacial ice tongue which pours down the mountains on either side. Be up on the bridge to search for a patch of "polar bear ice", the mixture of first-year and multi-year sea ice that is the preferred habitat of the ice bears. Your binoculars will seek out any small ivory-colored dot on an otherwise white ice surface. With luck, these small dots will be local polar bears exploring the ice and making their way across the landscape of the Arctic Archipelago. After exploring to the edge of the ice, turn your attention eastward to the largest island in the world: Greenland. The shores of northern Greenland continue to challenge explorers and locals alike to carve out their daily lives among some of the most beautiful and harsh conditions. Kayak in sheltered coves, embark on hikes (when the coast is clear of polar bears), and visit local communities that continue the traditional hunting practices.
Day 22 - Tuesday - Sep 16, 2025
Sail back into Qeqertarsuup Tunua, or Disko Bay, and enjoy an extraordinary cruise aboard local boats among towering icebergs of the UNESCO World Heritage-designated Ilulissat Icefjord. Visit the town of Ilulissat and hike into the Sermermiut Valley, once an Inuit settlement and now the home to a peaceful boardwalk overlooking the Icefjord. This evening, sail away south along the coast and spend time on the bridge with your naturalists and Bridge team, keeping watch for whales and glimpses of the Greenlandic Ice Sheet.
Day 23 - Wednesday - Sep 17, 2025
Day 24 - Thursday - Sep 18, 2025
Arrive in the capital city of Greenland, Nuuk. Disembark and take a charter flight to Iceland. Check into your hotel near the airport for an included overnight stay. In the morning, after breakfast, transfer to the airport for flights home. Meals included on Day 23: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner; Meals included on Day 24: Breakfast.
