1. Emergency Evacuation insurance for each passenger with a maximum benefit of US$100,000
2. One night pre-expedition and one night post-expedition hotel accommodation with breakfast are as indicated in the itinerary. Due to limited availability, travelers who reserve a suite on board are accommodated in standard rooms at the hotel.
3. All helicopter transfers and aerial sightseeing according to each day's program.
4. Group transfers from the hotel to the airport and from the airport to the ship for embarkation.
5. Group transfers from the ship to the local airport upon disembarkation and from the airport to the hotel at the end of the voyage - plus all baggage handling aboard the ship.
6. Shipboard accommodation with daily housekeeping.
7. All breakfasts, lunches and dinners on board throughout your voyage.
8. Coffee, tea, cocoa and bottled water available around the clock.
9. Leadership throughout the voyage by our experienced Expedition Leader, including shore landings and other activities.
10. Formal and informal presentations by our Expedition Team and guest speakers as scheduled.
11. All shore landings and excursions per the daily program.
12. All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program.
13. A polar water resistant parka.
14. A pair of rubber expedition boots on loan for shore landings.
15. Hair dryer in every cabin.

1. There is an additional charter flight fare US$1,650 per person.
2. 2009-2010 additional fuel surcharge will be determined later by ship’s operator.

never forget. Crushing through ice meters thick with the ease of a hot knife through butter, Victory can sail in conditions that would defeat most other ships. Be sure to take care one of the included helicopter flights for a fascinating aerial view of the icebreaker's progress.

Although the moment that we reach the top of the world is shared with others, the experience is as individual as you are. Some travelers mark the occasion holding a special memento carried thousand of miles for that one brief event. Others hold signs created on the spot. Others wave their national flags. How will you celebrate?

In 2008, polar bear sightings always seemed to occur after midnight. No one grumbled as they tumbled from bed to watch the ice bear devour dinner or climb ice pressure ridges. Ivory Gulls, the rarest of Arctic birds, fearlessly danced on the ice within the bear's reach, eager to dine on the scraps. Should a polar bear be sighted on your vouage, you will have a different story to tell. No two polar bear sightings or North Pole voyages are the same.