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Northwest Passage Luxury Expedition 2022 Itinerary
Day 1 - Kangerlussuaq
Embark your ship.
Day 2 - Kangaamiut - Evighedsfjord
Kangaamiut is home to a small Greenlandic community which lies at the mouth of the Eternity Fjord. Cruise to the Evigheids Glacier, a slow-moving glacier that flows from the Greenland Ice Sheet to the ocean, where it breaks up into icebergs that float away down the fjord.
Day 3 - Nuuk
Nuuk, the capital of Greenland was the very first town in Greenland and founded 1728. You might spot humpback whales as you approach through the fjord. See the mix of traditions and modern cultures on a walk through the town to Inuit ruins and the parliament. The Greenlandic National Museum has famous Qilakitsoq mummies.
Day 4 - Sisimiut
Sisimiut is located just north of the Arctic Circle. The area has been inhabited for around 4,500 years and travelling by dog sled has been the main means of winter transport for centuries.
Day 5 - Ilulissat
Ilulissat is set in the stunning scenery of the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the birthplace of icebergs.
Day 6 - At sea
Enjoy the ship's facilities on a relaxing day at sea.
Day 7 - Pond Inlet (Canada)
Pond Inlet is a traditional Inuit community surrounded by mountains, glaciers and fjords. Pond Inlet is known as a major centre of Inuit art, and many archaeological sites of ancient Dorset and Thule peoples can be found nearby.
Day 8 - Dundas Harbour
Dundas Harbour is starkly beautiful and is home to the remains of a Thule settlement dating back over 1,000 years.
Day 9 - Devon Island - Beechey Island
Learn about 800 years of human habitation on Devon Island, and follow in the footsteps of Sir John Franklin and Roald Amundsen at Beechey Island.
Day 10 - Resolute
Resolute is home to some of the greatest Inuit hunters in the world. The waters nearby are home to large migrating pods of beluga whales.
Day 11 - Cruise Peel Sound
Cruise this 30-mile wide, 125-mile long channel which separates Prince of Wales Island and Somerset Island.
Day 12 - Gjoa Haven
Gjoa Haven is home to a welcoming Inuit community including the holders of Inuit oral tradition, and is the place where Roald Amundsen spent the winter during his expedition.
Day 13 - Jenny Lind Island
Uninhabited Jenny Lind Island is a Canadian Important Bird Area, and muskoxen can be found on the south east of the island.
Day 14 - Cambridge Bay
This ancestral region of Nunavut has been inhabited for over 4,000 years. It is rich in archaeological history and home to abundant seals, geese, muskoxen and caribou.
Day 15 - Cruise Dease Strait
Enjoy a relaxing day cruising Dease Strait.
Day 16 - Cruise Amundsen Trough
Enjoy a relaxing day cruising Amundsen Trough.
Day 17 - Sachs Harbour
Sachs Harbour is the only settlement on Banks Island, where more than half the world's muskoxen make their home.
Day 18 - Smoking Hills
You might be able to observe the incredible Smoking Hills where smoke billows from cliffs on the east coast of Cape Bathurst.
Day 19 - Cruise Beaufort Sea
Enjoy a relaxing day cruising the Beaufort Sea.
Day 20 - Herschel Island
Herschel Island has a fascinating history; it has been a centre for commercial whaling, a police headquarters and a trading centre.
Days 21-22 - At sea
Enjoy the ship's facilities on a relaxing day at sea.
Day 23 - Point Hope (Alaska)
Whales dominate life at Point Hope (Tikiġaq) settlement in the extreme Northwest of Alaska. Tikiġaq, the Inuit name of the settlement, means finger. It describes the shape of the point jutting out into the sea upon which the settlement sits.
Day 24 - At sea
Enjoy the ship's facilities on a relaxing day at sea.
Day 25 - Nome
Disembark ship in Alaska
For navigational reasons the Captain of the ship reserves the right to modify the cruise itinerary. Due to the nature of this cruise, the itinerary is subject to change due to weather and ice conditions.