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21 Night Gateway to the Northwest Passage Greenland and Canada

From Kangerlussuaq to Kangerlussuaq

National Geographic Endurance

Lindblad Expeditions
4 Stars
  • Cruise #: 4294167
  • Departs: Thu, Aug 22, 2024
  • Returns: Thu, Sep 12, 2024
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    Itinerary Summary

    Day by Day Details

    Cruise Segment of Itinerary

    Thursday - Aug 22, 2024
    Day
    1
    Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
    • Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
    The morning is at leisure followed by lunch and a tour of the city ending at either the National Museum or the Whale Museum. Transfer to the airport for a chartered flight to Greenland and embark the ship at the head of Kangerlussuaq fjord, a 120-mile-long waterway whose name means "large fjord" in Greenlandic. ...
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    Friday - Aug 23, 2024
    Day
    2
    Sisimiut, Greenland
    • Sisimiut, Greenland
    Dozens of deep fjords carve into Greenland's west coast, many with glaciers fed by the ice sheet that covers about 80 percent of the country. Discover this beautiful and rugged coastline in Zodiacs, keeping an eye out for humpback and minke whales. At Sisimiut, a former whaling port, visit the museum and stroll around a picturesque jumble of historic and modern wooden buildings. ...
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    Saturday - Aug 24, 2024
    Day
    3
    • Jakobshavn, Greenland
    Sail into Qeqertarsuup Tunua, also known as Disko Bay, to explore the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Ilulissat Icefjord, a tongue of the Greenland ice cap that extends to the sea. Take an extraordinary cruise among towering icebergs at the mouth of the fjord. Visit the town of Ilulissat and walk to the archeological site in Sermermiut, an abandoned valley previously inhabited by several distinct Inuit cultures. ...
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    Sunday - Aug 25, 2024
    Day
    4
    Pond Inlet, Canada
    • Pond Inlet, Canada
    Monday - Aug 26, 2024
    Day
    5
    • Cruising Lancaster Sound, Canada
    Tuesday - Aug 27, 2024
    Day
    6
    • Devon Island, Canada
    We continue our exploration of the Canadian High Arctic with a visit to the small Inuit community of Pond Inlet, Nunavut. Explore some of the beautiful bays and inlets along Baffin Island's Lancaster Sound, a favorite Inuit hunting and fishing location for hundreds of years. Carved by Ice Age glaciers, Lancaster Sound is also the eastern gateway to the Arctic Archipelago, where European explorers like William Baffin first ventured in the 17th century to search for the Northwest Passage. Our days here are spent searching for ringed seals, Arctic foxes, walruses, and polar bears, as well as beluga and bowhead whales. Visit Devon Island and take a walk with our ship's archeologist to learn about the Thule people-ancestors of the modern Inuit-that once inhabited this region. ...
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    Wednesday - Aug 28, 2024
    Day
    7
    • Devon Island, Canada
    Thursday - Aug 29, 2024
    Day
    8
    • Cruising Bellot Strait, Canada
    We explore the ice-laden channels and glacier-carved islands that stretch for hundreds of miles-a stunning display of raw geology. We explore the rocky, Mars-like terrain of uninhabited Devon Island. We take our cues from nature: following wildlife, stopping for hikes on the tundra, dropping anchor in a beautiful fjord or an iceberg-strewn bay to explore and kayak beneath massive ice sculptures and soaring cliffs. Sail past the northernmost part of mainland North America in the Bellot Strait, one of the narrowest and most infamous of the passage. We learn about the Inuit peoples who have hunted and fished here for thousands of years. As well, we are on the lookout for the animals that call this region home such as ringed seals, Arctic foxes, musk oxen, walruses, and polar bears, as well as beluga and bowhead whales. ...
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    Friday - Aug 30, 2024
    Day
    9
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Saturday - Aug 31, 2024
    Day
    10
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Sunday - Sep 1, 2024
    Day
    11
    • Ellesmere Island, Canada
    Heading ever northward, we make our way up the beautiful and remote east coast of Ellesmere Island. Cruise along scenic Smith Bay (a.k.a. Skog Inlet) bordered by a steep wall of mountains, with a glacial ice tongue which pours down the mountains on either side. Be up on the Bridge as we search for a patch of "polar bear ice", the mixture of first-year and multi-year sea ice that is the preferred habitat of the ice bears. Our binoculars seek out any small ivory-colored dot on an otherwise white ice surface. We strain to see the dot move. With luck, it is a bear, spotted at a considerable distance. We approach, ever so slowly, stalking the polar bear much as the bear stalks seals on the ice. At the end of the bay, we go ashore to hike or kayak in picturesque surroundings. Ice is always present here. We continue to explore north, ice conditions permitting. We take full advantage of our "human resources"-our experienced captain, expedition leader, and naturalists-as well as our technological resources. We chart where the ice is impenetrable and where there are leads guiding us to exciting discoveries. ...
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    Monday - Sep 2, 2024
    Day
    12
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Tuesday - Sep 3, 2024
    Day
    13
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Wednesday - Sep 4, 2024
    Day
    14
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Thursday - Sep 5, 2024
    Day
    15
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Friday - Sep 6, 2024
    Day
    16
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Saturday - Sep 7, 2024
    Day
    17
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Sunday - Sep 8, 2024
    Day
    18
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Monday - Sep 9, 2024
    Day
    19
    • Kiatassuaq Island, Greenland, Denmark, Denmark
    Marking the southern border of Melville Bay, Kiatassuaq Island means "a large torso" in the Greenlandic language. Known as an important area for whaling in the 19th century, we spend the day exploring the southern reaches of Melville Bay and shores of the island, marveling at the ice dispatched from the Greenland Ice Cap as well as being on the lookout for whales and other marine life. ...
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    Tuesday - Sep 10, 2024
    Day
    20
    • Qeqertarsuaq
    Continue south, stopping to explore the volcanic Disko Island, home to isolated Greenlandic settlements, dramatic cliffs laced with waterfalls, and black-sand beaches.
    Wednesday - Sep 11, 2024
    Day
    21
    Captain's Choice, United States
    • Captain's Choice, United States
    Thursday - Sep 12, 2024
    Day
    22
    Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
    • Kangerlussuaq, Greenland
    Sail back into Sondre Stromfjord to Kangerlussuaq and disembark the ship. Take an evening charter flight to Reykjavik and transfer to the Marriott Keflavik Airport Hotel. On our final morning, you may choose to join a tour of the Reykjanes Peninsula to view the Mid-Atlantic Ridge before transferring to the airport for flights home. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner are included on Day 23; breakfast and lunch are included on Day 24. ...
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