19 nights · 31. August - 19. September 2026 · Nuuk → Nuuk
This 19-night round voyage from Nuuk reaches into the heart of the historic Northwest Passage that occupied generations of explorers. Aboard L'Austral, an ice-strengthened premium vessel for 184 guests, you cross Davis Strait and pass through Lancaster Sound deep into the Canadian Arctic archipelago. Calls at Beechey Island recall the Franklin expedition, while Bellot Strait makes the geography of the passage tangible at its narrowest. The naturalist team accompanies Zodiac landings in polar deserts, at glacier fronts and in bird colonies.
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Nuuk is the capital of Greenland and, with 19,000 inhabitants, the largest town on the island. The colourful wooden houses by the harbour, the Greenland National Museum with the Qilakitsoq mummies (500 years old, perfectly preserved women and an infant) and the setting between fjords and icebergs make Nuuk unique.
Disko Bay on Greenland's west coast is famed for the icebergs drifting in from the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage site. Humpback whales and the Inuit town of Ilulissat shape this Arctic experience.
This Inuit community sits on the north coast of Canada's Baffin Island in Nunavut, facing the glaciated mountains of Sirmilik National Park. One of the world's prime locations for encountering narwhals in open water at the ice edge.
Off the rugged east coast of Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago of Nunavut, this small ice-bound island drifts in remote waters. Steep cliffs, seabird ledges and summer open water make it a rarely visited anchorage for expedition cruises.
Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, with over 55,000 square kilometres, is the largest uninhabited island in the world and belongs to the territory of Nunavut. Its desert-like tundra so closely resembles the Martian surface that NASA regularly runs Mars simulations here at the Haughton Crater camp.
In the Canadian Arctic Archipelago south of Devon Island, Somerset Island ranks among the region's largest islands. In summer, beluga whales gather in the island's Cunningham Inlet.
The Bellot Strait is a narrow, ice-choked passage between Somerset Island and the Boothia Peninsula in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, marking the northernmost point of the North American mainland. It forms part of the legendary Northwest Passage and is ice-free only briefly in summer.
Devon Island in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, with over 55,000 square kilometres, is the largest uninhabited island in the world and belongs to the territory of Nunavut. Its desert-like tundra so closely resembles the Martian surface that NASA regularly runs Mars simulations here at the Haughton Crater camp.
Qeqertarsuaq is the main settlement on Disko Island off Greenland's west coast, set beneath characteristic basalt cliffs. Hot springs, whales and icebergs shape this Arctic experience.
Nuuk is the capital of Greenland and, with 19,000 inhabitants, the largest town on the island. The colourful wooden houses by the harbour, the Greenland National Museum with the Qilakitsoq mummies (500 years old, perfectly preserved women and an infant) and the setting between fjords and icebergs make Nuuk unique.
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