Crossing a historical sea corridor through Canada's Arctic archipelago. Like pioneering explorers who've come before you, we won't have an exact itinerary as we attempt to sail our state-of-the-art, ice class ship from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the famed sea route, the Northwest Passage. Stops might include Smoking Hills, Cambridge Bay, Gjoa Haven, Fort Ross, Dundas Harbour, and Pond Inlet. As we explore, we'll land at sites linked to early exploration history, visit Inuit communities, and look out for Arctic wildlife such as polar bears, whales, narwhals, seals, and seabirds. You'll cruise between ice floes, and go ashore to experience the pristine wilderness first hand. Your Expedition Team will adapt activities to ice and weather conditions, giving you the best experience possible. Smoking Hills is where lignite-eroded shale mixed with pyrite-spontaneously ignites when exposed to air, creating a photogenic phenomenon of smoke billowing from the cliffs. From here, we'll sail through the Amundsen Gulf to Ulukhaktok, where you can pick up some prints, tapestries, and other crafts made by local artists. We'll then continue onto wildlife-rich Cambridge Bay where you might see Arctic char, muskoxen, and caribou. Then onwards to Gjoa Haven, where Roald Amundsen learned polar survival tips from the Netsilik Inuit. If we are able, we'll take a walking tour to learn more. We'll continue east to Fort Ross, a former Hudson Bay Trading post. We may stop at Beechey Island and pay our respects at the graves of three Franklin expedition team members. On Devon Island-the largest uninhabited island on Earth-we hope to visit Dundas Harbour and learn about its Thule heritage. On the final stretch, we'll try to reach Pond Inlet and the Inuit community of Mittimatalik on Baffin Island, rounding off what we hope will be an incredible 10 days of exhilarating exploration. ...
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