In-Depth Arctic Expedition & Polar Bear Safari: Svalbard Circumnavigation and Kvitoya

All requests for cancellation must be made in writing. Depending on the time of your written cancellation receipt by Poseidon, different penalties will apply to the entire expedition booking.

Reservations cancelled more than 120 days prior to departure are subject to:

• USD 750/550 GBP/1000 AUD/650 EUR per person cancellation fee for cruises aboard m/v Sea Spirit
• 5% per person cancellation fee for cruises aboard i/b 50 Years of Victory.
• Reservations cancelled from 119 to 91 days prior to departure are subject to 20% per person cancellation fee.
• Reservations cancelled 90 days or less prior to departure are subject to full fare forfeiture (cancellation fee is 100%).

It is highly recommended that all travellers purchase travel cancellation and interruption insurance as protection against emergency and force majeure events that could cause trip cancellation, trip delay, interruption, after departure coverage and lost baggage.

All meals aboard the ship, including water, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. Other drinks additional charge.

Kayaking fee $655 - A$885 - £505 - €625: Sea Kayak Club is typically offered on voyages that include High Arctic destinations such as Greenland, Svalbard (Spitsbergen), Franz Josef Land, or a combination of these thrilling places. Experience calving glaciers in Svalbard, cathedral-like icebergs in Greenland, or labyrinthine expanses of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, all from our sturdy and stealthy sea kayaks. Join us for an unscripted kayaking adventure as we explore rugged coastlines and remote waters that very few people have ever paddled.

Free option: The Polar Regions are perhaps the most photogenic on earth, with countless beautiful scenes presenting themselves every day. Endless expanses of ice, beaches crowded with seals or penguins, sunsets over unbroken horizons, starlit skies, and even the majestic northern lights – they all present fantastic photographic opportunities – and in order to make sure that you come home with some spectacular images we offer you the chance to learn and practice your photography alongside an experienced professional. Our expert Photographer will be on hand to answer your questions and give advice, both in the form of on-board lectures and workshops on shore. Explore the key elements of photography in a fun and relaxed setting, with plenty of opportunities for questions and feedback. Learn how to see light in a new way and experiment with the techniques of composition and framing.

Special Guest - Kari Herbert

Author, Public speaker

Kari is an author, publisher, and public speaker. She started travelling at the age of ten months with her father. Kari’s father Sir Wally Herbert was the first man to walk to the North Pole, crossing from Alaska to Spitsbergen in 1969.

Kari was ten months old when Sir Wally Herbert took his family to live with a tribe of Polar Inuit for over two years on a remote island off the coast of Northwest Greenland. At the age of four Kari accompanied her parents on another trip that took them through winter blizzards in a caravan to spend time with the Sami of Lapland. Kari has continued to travel extensively ever since.

Her writings have been published in magazines and newspapers all over the world. She has regularly taken part in many radio programmes including BBC Radio 4, Radio 3 and BBC World Service. She is a popular public speaker, lecturing at venues such as the Royal Geographical Society, the Explorers Club in New York, the National Maritime Museum and the British Library.