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Arctic Ocean Cruises

For centuries, explorers journeyed into the Arctic Ocean in search of viable navigation routes around the globe and to reach the world's northernmost point. Today, Arctic cruises offer passengers a chance to see the North Pole and the remote villages and incredible frozen landscapes that lie above the Arctic Circle. Along the way, cruise ships travel through magnificent scenery created by icebergs, fjords and glaciers while passengers try to spot polar bears, leopard seals and walruses.

90 Degrees North Cruise
- Polar Cruises offers a 15-day trip that takes intrepid travelers to the North Pole, or 90 degrees north to the top of the world. Passengers travel on an ice-breaker ship, which is required to move through the dense pack ice in the Arctic Circle. Once aboard, you will get firsthand views of majestic icy landscapes, fjords, icebergs and aquamarine pools. The trip passes through Franz Josef Land, a region filled with volcanic mountains, glaciers and Arctic wildlife including walruses and polar bears. Murmansk, Russia is the port of departure and arrival.
  
  Polar Cruises
  20525 Dorchester West
  Bend, OR 97702
  888-484-2244
  polarcruises.com
Northwest Passage
- Quark Expeditions has a 20-day Northwest Passage cruise that follows the route originally navigated by Arctic explorer Roald Amundsen. Perhaps the most legendary passage in the Arctic, the cruise charts a course from Anadyr, Russia to Resolute, Canada aboard an icebreaker. It travels from the Bering Strait to the Herschel Islands in the Beaufort Sea and through a network of channels around Vancouver Island before arriving in Canada. The vessel crosses the International Date Line twice, causing passengers gain and lose a day in the Russian Arctic.
  
  Quark Expeditions
  93 Pilgrim Park, Suite 1
  Waterbury, VT, 05676
  888-892-0334
  quarkexpeditions.com
Spitsbergen Cruise
- Travel Wild has several summer cruises of variable duration that travel around Spitsbergen, the largest island of Norway's Svalbard archipelago. Spitsberg's northern coast is situated above the Arctic Circle, while its southern border benefits from the milder climate ushered in by the Gulf Stream. As a result, Spitsbergen features varied terrain, from a tundra wilderness with circumpolar wildflowers and herds of Svalbard's reindeer to the typical Arctic Circle landscape with pack ice and glacier-filled fjords that are home to polar bears, walruses and leopard seals.
  
  Travel Wild
  PO Box 1637
  Vashon Island, WA 98070
  800-368-0077
  travelwild.com
Baffin and Greenland Adventure
- Cruise North Expeditions offers a 13-day cruise through the Canadian Arctic, beginning at Baffin Island's Auyuittuq National Park. The company works with Canadian Inuit guides who take passengers on Zodiac boats to get close-up views of active glaciers and the Penny Ice cap. The cruise crosses the Davis Strait and travels to Greenland's Iceworld, where it makes stops at several fishing villages and coastal communities before returning to Baffin Island.
  
  Cruise North Expeditions
  111 Peter Street, Suite 200
  Toronto, Ontario
  Canada M5V 2H1
  416-789-3752
  cruisenorthexpeditions.com