Svalbard in the Spring: Polar Bears, Arctic Light & Epic Ice

Polar bears walking across the sea ice in early spring on Svalbard.

SVA LBARD IN SPRING: POLAR BEARS, ARCTIC LIGHT & EPIC ICE

1 0 DAYS, 9 NIGHTS | DATES: 2020 APR. 3, 10, 17, 24—ABOARD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDURANCECAT. 1 FROM $14,500 (FOR CURRENT RATES VISIT EXPEDITIONS.COM/SPRING-RATES)

Eric Lindblad standing on the sea ice off the coast of Svalbard.

EXPEDITION HIGHLIGHTS Voyage deep into and around the Svalbard Archipelago where Sven Lindblad and his team went on reconnaissance in March 2018. See what they discovered: Svalbard the way few have. A true Arctic refuge— covered in snow, surrounded by sea ice, where polar bears freed from their winter sleep stalk seals on the ice. Be stunned by the astonishing light, as the spring sun mounts ever higher in the Arctic sky each day. And capture it all with ace photographers.

ITINERARY AT A GLANCE

Oslo, Norway Day 1: D Oslo/Longyearbyen/Embark Svalbard Lon gyearbyen/Disembark/Oslo Oslo

Svalbard is one of the best places on the planet to see walrus.

Lofoten archipelago, Norway.

NORWAY’S FJORDS & ARCTIC SVALBARD

1 6 DAYS, 15 NIGHTS | DATES: 2020 MAY 1*, 30; 2021 MAY 25*; JUN. 9 ABOARD NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ENDURANCE CA T. 1 FROM $24,280 (FOR CURRENT RATES VISIT EXPEDITIONS.COM/CAPE-RATES) *These voyages travel in reverse

Polar bear.

EXPEDITION HIGHLIGHTS Follow Norway’s fjord-carved coast, from the charming town of Bergen, past the North Cape to the ice and wildness of the Svalbard archipelago, for a perfect balance between the charmingly scenic and the spectacularly wild. Explore Tromsø and Bear Island on the way to Svalbard in the high Arctic, where polar bears prowl and walruses haul out on rocky shores. Explore the rare northern fjords, threading the ice-carved narrows and standing on the bow as the captain noses up to glacier termini. Actively explore: hike, walk, and kayak through stunning scenery. Follow the bucket-list-worthy glacially-carved coast.

Bear Island.

ITINERARY AT A GLANCE Be rgen, Norway/Embark D Days Exploring the Fjords of Norway Lofoten Islands/Tysfjorden T romsø/Bear Island Exploring Svalbard Longyearbyen/Disembark/Oslo