Ponant : 17D16N In the ice of the Arctic, from Greenland to Svalbard on Le Commandant Charcot

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MYR154,804 per person
Duration
17 Days
Destination
More than 1
Travellers
2

THE GREAT ESCAPE Deep Polar Exploration

On Board the Luxury Le Commandant Charcot Polar Icebreaker and sail to North East Greenland, the lands beyond the Arctic Circle is to push the boundaries of exploration. Inaccessible to traditional ships in early summer, before cruising to Svalbard and its untouched landscapes. This voyage in partnership with The Explorers Club, will feature Vickie Siegel who works at the intersection of autonomous robotics, polar research, planetary science, and cave exploration.
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Luxury cruise aboard to experience a truly exceptional sea voyage with a difference. Discover expeditions to the majestic landscapes of the Arctic and the Antarctic. Great choice for couples, solo travelers and those who love small-ship cruising. Ponant Cruises offers exceptional bilingual service, world-class dining and elegantly-appointed accommodation and public areas in terms of the...

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Destination
Departure Location
Reykjavík
Return Location
Longyearbyen
Tour Validity
Now till Jun 25, 2024
From Jun 25 till Jul 11, 2024

Additional Information
Tour Deals: : PONANT Bonus Discount up to 20% : First Time Cruiser EUR 250 : Single Supplement Charge for Solo Traveller
Price includes
  • Return flight Longyearbyen/Paris selected by PONANT, in economy class.
  • Meals as mentioned in the programme and beverage package.
  • Transfers as mentioned in the programme.
Price does not include
  • International air ticket
  • Airport transfer
  • Gratuities

Luxury cruise aboard to experience a truly exceptional sea voyage with a difference. Discover expeditions to the majestic landscapes of the Arctic and the Antarctic. Great choice for couples, solo travelers and those who love small-ship cruising. Ponant Cruises offers exceptional bilingual service, world-class dining and elegantly-appointed accommodation and public areas in terms of the onboard experience. Choose a cruise on an Explorer Class vessel, you will benefit from several expedition-style features. Relaxing in the Blue Eye Lounge, an underwater multi-sensory environment that boasts comfortable seating and privileged views of life beneath the waves. Ponant’s expedition ships also carry a fleet of Zodiacs deployed frequently throughout each itinerary for sightseeing excursions and trips ashore.

Cancellation Policy

~ Postpone or cancel free of charge up to 10 days after the booking is confirmed
~ From 10 days after the booking is confirmed to 365 days prior to departure: EUR 150 plus RM100 refund admin fees per guest per cruise for the cruise service only
~ From 364 to 211 days prior to departure: 10% of total price
~ From 210 – 91 days prior to departure: 25% of total price
~ Cancellation within 90 days prior to departure: 100% of total price

Payment Terms

~ Deposit payment of 25% must be received within 10 days after the booking is confirmed.
~ Balance payment must be made 90 days prior to departure
~ Booking made within 90 days prior to departure require full payment at the time of booking

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Day 1

REYKJAVÍK

  • Embarkation 25/6/2024 from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm Departure 25/6/2024 at 10:00 pm
  • Iceland’s capital stretches along the edge of a vast bay in the west of the country. Perlan, the “Pearl of Reykjavík”, a museum located on ’Oskjuhlið hill, offers a panoramic view of the lush, green landscapes. A little further, one can easily spot the signpost showing the way to the evangelical Hallgrímskirkja church, and to the historical centre where one can stroll along the Skólavördustígur and the Laugavegur, two lively streets with charming small shops. For some relaxation just outside of the city, visitors have the opportunity to visit the Reykjanes peninsula and its famous thermal lagoons of the Blue Lagoon.
Dinner
Day 2

SAILING THROUGH THE DENMARK STRAIT

  • Lying between Greenland and Iceland, the Denmark Strait was crossed for the first time by theVikings in the late 10th century, during Erik the Red’s expeditions.
  • In the Second World War, its waters were the theatre of a battle between the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy, on 24 May 1941.
  • In the wintertime, extremely dense pack ice forms along the Greenlandic coasts and, while the Transpolar Drift sweeps icebergs along throughout the year, the strait is generally clear of ice during the summer.
  • In the depths of the strait lies the world’s largest waterfall, an undersea cataract formed by the difference in temperature between the cold waters of the Greenland Sea and the warmer waters of the Irminger Sea. Numerous cetacean species thrive in this rich ecosystem.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 3

AMMASSALIK REGION

  • Still almost unknown just a century ago, the east coast of Greenland remains the most authentic and majestic region.
  • Here, the alpine mountains merge intimately with the sea, while the fjords are adorned with high snow-capped peaks and drifting icebergs.
  • Follow in the wake of Captain Jean-Baptiste Charcot’s famous ship, the Pourquoi Pas?,
  • which set off with its crew to discover Ammassalik, a small island of primitive and wild beauty where the Inuit people chose to live.
  • The name of this island is a reference to the capelin, a small flamboyant silver coloured fish, whose presence in the thousands announces to inhabitants the return of spring.
  • A surprising discovery in a spectacular setting.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 4

BLOSSEVILLE COAST

  • Aboard your ship, follow in the footsteps of Jules Poret de Blosseville, a French explorer and sailor.
  • In 1833, aboard La Lilloise, he set off to discover this isolated and unexplored part of eastern Greenland and gave French names to various sites on the coast.
  • The adventure probably has an unfortunate outcome, since the crew was never found.
  • This uninhabited territory, which now bears his name, lies to the south of Scoresby Sund. Surrounded by ice, icebergs and pieces of pack ice, Blosseville Coast is one of these wild and hard-to-reach places that very few people are lucky enough to explore.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 5

ITTOQQORTOORMIIT REGION

  • On the East coast of Greenland, in the Ittoqqortoormiit region, you will have the rare opportunity of immersing yourself in the heart of isolated scenery and exploring the beauty of its landscapes.
  • The high alpine mountains stand out in the sky, revealing dark rock edges. The region is home to the longest fjord system in the world, Scoresby Sound. On the edge of the fjord, the eponymous village is considered one of the most remote inhabited places in the world.
  • The colourful houses, so typical of Greenland, dot the landscape with small red, yellow and blue patches that stand out against the surrounding arid landscape.
  • Immersing yourself in this region will allow you to discover the ancestral way of life of the last hunters of the polar region.
  • This will be a veritable deep-dive into the lives of the Arctic’s inhabitants.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 6

EXPLORATION OF NORTH-EAST GREENLAND

  • Set sail for North-East Greenland to immerse yourself further and up higher in the Arctic region to explore the unexpected riches of the sea ice, where traditional ships cannot travel at this time of the year.
  • As the light shifts and the moods of the sky change, the different states of the ice and the infinite diversity of its textures create an exceptionally stunning tableau.
  • With patience and humility, you will sail amid the pearl-white floating cathedrals and the ice carried by the Transpolar Drift. En route, icebergs have their journey halted by ice and pressure ridges reveal their sharp edges. In the midst of this icy vastness, beauty is found in the detail and the magic of the moment.
  • In the realm of polar bears, Le Commandant Charcot is a reassuring cocoon built for polar exploration and offers you wonderful opportunities to observe these lords of the ice when you happen upon them.
  • You may even get the chance to admire the moving sight of a mother and her cub travelling across the immaculate icy expanse.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 7

EXPLORATION OF NORTH-EAST GREENLAND

  • Set sail for North-East Greenland to immerse yourself further and up higher in the Arctic region to explore the unexpected riches of the sea ice, where traditional ships cannot travel at this time of the year.
  • As the light shifts and the moods of the sky change, the different states of the ice and the infinite diversity of its textures create an exceptionally stunning tableau. With patience and humility, you will sail amid the pearl-white floating cathedrals and the ice carried by the Transpolar Drift.
  • En route, icebergs have their journey halted by ice and pressure ridges reveal their sharp edges.
  • In the midst of this icy vastness, beauty is found in the detail and the magic of the moment. In the realm of polar bears, Le Commandant Charcot is a reassuring cocoon built for polar exploration and offers you wonderful opportunities to observe these lords of the ice when you happen upon them.
  • You may even get the chance to admire the moving sight of a mother and her cub travelling across the immaculate icy expanse.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 8

EXPLORATION OF NORTH-EAST GREENLAND

  • Set sail for North-East Greenland to immerse yourself further and up higher in the Arctic region to explore the unexpected riches of the sea ice, where traditional ships cannot travel at this time of the year.
  • As the light shifts and the moods of the sky change, the different states of the ice and the infinite diversity of its textures create an exceptionally stunning tableau.
  • With patience and humility, you will sail amid the pearl-white floating cathedrals and the ice carried by the Transpolar Drift. En route, icebergs have their journey halted by ice and pressure ridges reveal their sharp edges. In the midst of this icy vastness, beauty is found in the detail and the magic of the moment.
  • In the realm of polar bears, Le Commandant Charcot is a reassuring cocoon built for polar exploration and offers you wonderful opportunities to observe these lords of the ice when you happen upon them.
  • You may even get the chance to admire the moving sight of a mother and her cub travelling across the immaculate icy expanse.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 9

EXPLORATION OF NORTH-EAST GREENLAND

  • Set sail for North-East Greenland to immerse yourself further and up higher in the Arctic region to explore the unexpected riches of the sea ice, where traditional ships cannot travel at this time of the year.
  • As the light shifts and the moods of the sky change, the different states of the ice and the infinite diversity of its textures create an exceptionally stunning tableau.
  • With patience and humility, you will sail amid the pearl-white floating cathedrals and the ice carried by the Transpolar Drift. En route, icebergs have their journey halted by ice and pressure ridges reveal their sharp edges. In the midst of this icy vastness, beauty is found in the detail and the magic of the moment.
  • In the realm of polar bears, Le Commandant Charcot is a reassuring cocoon built for polar exploration and offers you wonderful opportunities to observe these lords of the ice when you happen upon them.
  • You may even get the chance to admire the moving sight of a mother and her cub travelling across the immaculate icy expanse.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 10

AT SEA ABOARD LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT

  • Spend exceptional moments sailing aboard Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s first luxury polar exploration vessel and the first PC2-class polar cruise ship capable of sailing into the very heart of the ice, on seas and oceans which the frozen conditions render inaccessible to ordinary ships. Le Commandant Charcot is fitted with oceanographic and scientific equipment selected by a committee of experts. Take advantage of the on-board lectures and opportunities for discussion with these specialists to learn more about the poles.
  • Participate in furthering scientific research with PONANT and let us discover together what these fascinating destinations have yet to reveal to us.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 11

AT SEA ABOARD LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT

  • Spend exceptional moments sailing aboard Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s first luxury polar exploration vessel and the first PC2-class polar cruise ship capable of sailing into the very heart of the ice, on seas and oceans which the frozen conditions render inaccessible to ordinary ships. Le Commandant Charcot is fitted with oceanographic and scientific equipment selected by a committee of experts. Take advantage of the on-board lectures and opportunities for discussion with these specialists to learn more about the poles.
  • Participate in furthering scientific research with PONANT and let us discover together what these fascinating destinations have yet to reveal to us.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 12

NORDAUST-SVALBARD NATURE RESERVE

  • The Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve has been protecting the northernmost and coldest part of the archipelago, Nordaustlandet (North East Land), since 1973.
  • This vast polar desert covered by two ice caps is the second largest island in the Svalbard archipelago. Protected by the Gulf Stream, the fjords and cliffs in the west and north are home to large colonies of birds and walruses.
  • The landscapes in the colder east and south are dominated by imposing glaciers that calve majestic icebergs in the vast Hinlopen Strait. Large colonies of thick-billed murres have taken up residence on the sheer cliffs*.
  • You may even get the chance to see a bear or an Arctic fox roaming in the vicinity. *depending on nesting and migration period
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 13

NORDAUST-SVALBARD NATURE RESERVE

  • The Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve has been protecting the northernmost and coldest part of the archipelago, Nordaustlandet (North East Land), since 1973.
  • This vast polar desert covered by two ice caps is the second largest island in the Svalbard archipelago. Protected by the Gulf Stream, the fjords and cliffs in the west and north are home to large colonies of birds and walruses.
  • The landscapes in the colder east and south are dominated by imposing glaciers that calve majestic icebergs in the vast Hinlopen Strait. Large colonies of thick-billed murres have taken up residence on the sheer cliffs*.
  • You may even get the chance to see a bear or an Arctic fox roaming in the vicinity. *depending on nesting and migration period
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 14

SAILING IN THE HINLOPEN STRAIT

  • Sailing in the Hinlopen Strait, in the heart of the Arctic Ocean, between the Norwegian islands of Spitsbergen and Nordaustlandet promises an unforgettable experience.
  • This territory of the Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve offers breathtaking panoramas, with magnificent basalt formations and the ice cap stretching as far as the eye can see, diving into the sea.
  • The shore line cut by the fjords moving inland composes a magical landscape in which icebergs float here and there, the result of the calving of the surrounding glaciers.
  • This place, today a popular spot to observe the seabirds nesting in the enormous cliffs, polar bears and walruses, was once intrinsically linked to the history of the whalers who frequented the region from the 17th century. Indeed, it was one of them, Thijmen Jacobsz Hinlopen, then director of a Dutch whaling company, who gave the strait its name.
  • Later on, Russian trappers, European explorers, scientists and even mountaineers roamed this region, as hostile as it is sublime.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 15

SORAUST-SVALBARD NATURE RESERVE

  • The Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve is the second largest protected area in Norway. Established in 1973, this nature conservation area stretching over more than 21,000 km2 will offer you stunning panoramas including coastal landscapes, rocky islets, mountain plateaux, vast tundra plains, and ice floes.
  • With a little luck, you will be able to observe a wide variety of seabirds, given the site is listed as an Important Bird Area, as well as cetaceansSvalbard reindeer, or even Arctic foxes. Among other things, Edgeoya Island is renowned for providing shelter to a number of polar bears during the breeding season.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 16

HORNSUND

  • Nestling between millennial glaciers and carved mountains, and considered to be “the crown of Arctic Norway”, Spitsbergen is a place that never sees the night.
  • Your ship will take you closer to this fascinating archipelago and, more particularly, the Hornsund fjord. Considered to be Svalbard’s southernmost fjord, it is especially reputed to be its most stunning: at the end of its vast bay, 8 great glaciers slowly make their way down to the sea before giving way to the many icebergs elegantly drifting along its cold and mysterious waters.
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
Day 17

LONGYEARBYEN, SPITSBERGEN

  • Disembarkation after breakfast. Meet and greet at the pier. Transfer to airport in time for flight back to Paris. Service end in Paris airport.

NOTES: We highly recommend you stay one night in Paris after this flight

Breakfast

~ Explore the Blosseville and Ittoqqortoormiit regions and the ice to the north-east of Greenland, inaccessible to traditional ships in this extreme season (late spring), as well as the remote lands of the Svalbard archipelago.
~ Aboard Le Commandant Charcot, a polar exploration vessel opening to the exterior, take time to immerse yourself in unique moments of exploration and observation, in the silence and respect of fragile landscapes and encountered species.
~ Discover Nordaustlandet (North East Land), Europe’s largest ice cap.
~ Explore the Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve, the second largest protected area in Norway.
~ Sail in the Hinlopen Strait, infiltrated by ice and connecting Spitsbergen to Nordaustlandet.
~ The landscapes: snow-topped peaks, mountains patterned with multi-coloured strata, fjords, jagged mountains, glaciers, icebergs, ice floes, sheer cliffs, polar ice cap, wild tundra,
~ The wildlife: polar bears, walruses, Arctic foxes, Svalbard reindeer, whales, sea birds.
~ Many brand-new activities*: kayaking, hiking or snowshoeing, polar plunge.

**Subject to weather and ice conditions and to sailing opportunities

Cruise price (Price shown subject to exchange rate fluctuation) Prestige Stateroom (pperson) Deluxe Suite (pperson) Prestige Suite (pperson) Grand Prestige Suite (pperson)
25 Jun - 11 Jul 2024RM154,804RM159,120Fully BookedRM234,884
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Ponant : 17D16N In the ice of the Arctic, from Greenland to Svalbard on Le Commandant Charcot

Price
MYR154,804 per person
Duration
17 Days
Destination
More than 1
Travellers
2

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