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All Voyages on MS Expedition
sail on Tuesdays and voyages on MV
Polar Star sail on Fridays.
Day
1: Arrive Longyearbyen
Not included
in package: Flight
from Oslo to Longyearbyen.
Included:
Overnight stay at Spitsbergen Hotel
Suggested
Flight Schedule for Tuesday Sailings:
09.55
SK4414 from Oslo, via Tromsø (arr. 11.45, dep. 12.25),
arrival 14.05, airport shuttle NOK 50,- pr. person.
20.00
SK4496 from Oslo, direct flight, arrival
23.30, transfer to Spitsbergen Hotel included.
Suggested
Flight Schedule for Friday Sailings:
09.20
SK4412 from Oslo, via Tromsø (arr. 11.10, dep. 12.15),
arrival 13.55, airport shuttle NOK 50,- pr. person.
22.00
SK4496 from Oslo, direct flight, arrival 00.50 (Monday),
transfer to Spitsbergen Hotel included.
23.50
SK4492 from Tromsø, arrival 01.25 (Monday), transfer to
Spitsbergen Hotel included. Connecting flight from Oslo
to Tromsø: SK4434, 20.15 - 22.05.
Day
2:
07.00
Breakfast is served until 10.00. Check-out time.
10.00
Information meeting at the hotel, then time on your own.
12.30
Lunch in Funktionærmessen Restaurant at Spitsbergen
Hotel.
13.30
Sightseeing in Longyearbyen, visit at the Svalbard
Museum, ends at the pier.
15.30
Embarkation MV Polar Star.
16.00
Sailing time from Longyearbyen.
Schedule
on Ms Expedition:
18.30
Arrival Barentsburg. Sightseeing with guide (English
speaking) and possibility to visit the Pomor
Museum on your own (NOK 40 per person, no guiding).
19.30
Russian folklore show. Time to look around, and for
souvenir-shopping (cash only, in NOK, Euro and USD).
Return to the ship by walking the 263 steps down to the
harbour.
Schedule
on MV Polar Star:
18.30
Russian folklore show. Time to look around, and for
souvenir shopping (cash only, in NOK, Euro and USD).
19.30
Time to look around, and for souvenir-shopping (cash
only, in NOK, Euro and USD). Return to the ship by
walking the 263 steps down to the harbour.
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21.00
Sailing time from Barentsburg.
At
night time we sail out of the Isfjorden, then northbound
along the coast of the Prins Karls Forland.
Day
3:
09.00
Arrival time Ny-Ålesund. Guided walk in town, with
information about the history of coalmining and
exploration. Time for individual walk around, museum
visit and souvenir shopping (credit cards accepted).
11.30
Sailing time from Ny-Ålesund.
We
pass the seven glaciers named Sjubre-flaket, before
reaching Spitsbergen's northwest corner.Arrival in the
Magdalenefjord and the Smeerenburgfjord in the
afternoon.
Day
4:
When
reaching the Woodfjord we can see Nordaustlandet in the
horizon. Crossing the 80° parallel sailing by the
Moffen Island, before heading further east towards the
Hinlopen-strait and the remote parts of Spitsbergen.
Day
5:
Depending
on the weather- and ice-conditions we sail south through
the Hinlopen-strait with fjords on each side
(alternative route when meeting heavy pack ice is
southbound around Sørkapp in order to reach the east
coast). We aim to visit the astonishing bird cliff
Alkefjellet by the Lomfjord. Zodiac landings at
interesting sites. If possible to Vibebukta near the
Austfonna glacier.
Day
6:
Now
we are in the land of the polar bear. Possible
alternative route early in the season is north along
Nordaustlandet, via Wahlenbergfjord or Murchinsonfjord
and then in the direction of Sjuøyane. Possible route
later in the season is via Sørport, towards Storfjord
and Edgeøya where we make landings, before sailing on
around Sørkapp (South Cape).
Day
7:
If
reaching the very south of Spitsbergen we sail
northbound on the westcoast, and into the beautiful
fjord of Hornsund where we make landings.
Day
8:
Return
to the Isfjorden in the afternoon, with possibilities
for landing in the areas of the Billefjorden and
Skansebukta. Captain's farewell party in the evening.
Day
9:
02.00
Approximately arrival time in Longyearbyen.
Disembarkation.
03.00
Night transfer from the pier to the airport.
Tour
ends here.
04.50
SK4497 to Oslo, direct flight, arrival 07.30.
05.05
SK4493/SK4409 to Oslo, via Tromsø (arr. Tromsø 06.40,
dep. 08.40), arrival Oslo 10.30.
08.00
Latest embarkation from the ship for late departures or
those with additional nights No breakfast included.
Transfer from harbour to Spitsbergen Hotel where it is
possible to buy breakfast (NOK 85,- pr. person) and
leave the luggage.
14.55
SK4425 to Oslo, via Tromsø (arr. 16.30, dep. 17.15),
arrival 19.05, airport shuttle NOK 50,- pr. person.
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We make landings approximately two times a day.
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Schedule will change when ice- and weather-conditions
make it necessary. This usually occurs on early
departures in June.
Circumnavigation
can not be guaranteed, but normally we manage to
circumnavigate at the end of July.
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Full board is included in the program.
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