During this 19-day Icebreaker transit of the Northwest Passage, we sail from Asia to the Canadian Arctic. We’ll explore the Chukotka Peninsula, in Russia’s Far East before sailing across the Beaufort Sea to the Canadian Arctic. Landings are planned in locations made famous by Roald Amundsen and infamous Sir John Franklin’s tragic expedition in search of the fabled passage to Asia.

1. Emergency Evacuation insurance for each passenger with a maximum benefit of $100,000 USD.
2. One night pre-expedition and one night post-expedition hotel accommodation with breakfast 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.

Our journey through the fabled Northwest Passage begins. Today you’ll travel through the Beaufort Sea, also identified by the WWF as biologically and culturally significant past Point Barrow. The Arctic pack ice makes this route almost impossible to navigate. Just over 100 transits have been completed. As one of very few polar icebreakers in the world, Kapitan Khlebnikov makes it seem easy. Watching the vessel cut through ice can be as thrilling as the scenery that surrounds you. You will cross the International Date Line for a second time, gaining the day that you loss en route to Russia.

Herschel Island, once home to the wooly mammoth, and onto Franklin Bay. Gaze into the same luminous polar sky as Amundsen, who wintered at nearby King’s Point. We’ll take a Zodiac to Pauline Cove, a winter refuge for 19th century ships. Keep your eyes open – bowhead whales and polar bears could be spotted in and around Franklin Bay. Take a moment to soak up the vast and humbling northern landscape. Take in the wide skies looking over rolling hills of velvet tundra, colored with thousands of plants. After passing through Canadian Customs at Herschel Island, we’ll use the onboard Zodiacs to explore Pauline Cove, a winter refuge for ships in the 19th century. In Franklin Bay we’ll watch for bowhead whales and polar bears. Rolling hills and tundra stretch as far as the eye can see, humbling in its vastness.