Polar Odyssey Between Northeast Greenland & Spitsbergen on the Le Commandant Charcot

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Mark Stratton

Mike Unwin

Mark Stratton

North East Greenland National Park King Oscar Sound 2

Duration

17 DAYS

Class of Ship

Large Expedition Ship & Icebreaker

Sustainability

Hybrid Electric, Science Centre, LNG Powered (liquified natural gas), Green Marine Certified, Ship to Shore Power

Berths

245

Ice Class

PC2 Rating

Duration

17 DAYS

Class of Ship

Large Expedition Ship & Icebreaker

Sustainability

Hybrid Electric, Science Centre, LNG Powered (liquified natural gas), Green Marine Certified, Ship to Shore Power

Berths

245

Ice Class

PC2 Rating

An encounter with the Inuit people to share their springtime traditions while the ice is still ubiquitous.
The Northeast Greenland National Park, the largest national park in the world, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, at the magical moment when nature awakens.
Scoresby Sound, the world’s largest fjord system, and land of exploration for Captain Charcot; there is still a stela in remembrance of him, as well as his old dwelling.

In the footsteps of the great explorers and Norwegian trappers, plunge into the history of these remote territories, during a period of extreme conditions when the ice still envelops the wild and deserted landscape.

In the heart of this hostile yet sublime world of ice, you will navigate in the wake of Jean-Baptiste Charcot, who was deeply connected to the Inuit land, where vestiges of his passage remain. The sumptuous decor is made up of snow-topped peaks and majestic fjords, icebergs of poetic shapes, and ice as far as the eye can see.

You will then set sail towards the Northeast Greenland National Park, the largest national park in the world and a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve: here, the trappers’ cabins are lost in the immensity of the magically coloured alpine landscapes and the impressive glaciers.

You will go where few have had the chance, to the sites of the Arctic tales written by Jorn Riel. This immense territory, which represents almost 45% of the total area of Greenland, is home to the King Oscar Fjord and Kaiser Franz Joseph Fjord, where the bare ochre cliffs disappear into the boreal sea.

Polar bears and musk oxen live in these distant lands and you may be lucky enough to spot them on the horizon.

Follow the ice and cross the Greenland Sea to reach the Nordvest-Spitsbergen National Park much further north. Former whalers, once settled on the sites that are now home to the graves of many sailors, have made way for various species of cetaceans and walruses, which have recolonised their lands.