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The Northwest Passage : Reykjavík - Nome, Alaska

เส้นทาง เรคยาวิก, ไอซ์แลนด์ - ช่องแคบเดนมาร์ก - ธารน้ำ Prins Christian Sund - หมู่บ้านออปปิลตโตก (Augpilatok) - นุก - อ่าวดิสโก้ - พอนด์ อินเล็ต, นูนาวุต - แลงคาสเตอร์ ซาวด์ - เกาะเดวอน, นูนาวุต, แคนาดา - เกาะบีชีย์, นูนาวุต, แคนาดา - สำรวจทะเลน้ำแข็ง ด้านตะวันตกเฉียงเหนือ - เกาะแบงส์ - สำรวจทะเลน้ำแข็ง ทะเลโบฟอร์ต - ล่องเรือในทะเลโบฟอร์ต –

ช่องแคบเบริง - โนม, อลาสก้า

กำหนดการเดินทาง วันที่ 12ส.ค.-5ก.ย. 66

With featured guests Ian Dawson and Sue Flood, British Photo Ambassadors.

Explore the expanse of the Arctic world during extraordinary polar odyssey fromIcelandtoAlaska, via the mythicalNorthwest Passage. The greatest explorers long coveted travelling from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean via the Far North route before Roald Amundsen accomplished the feat during his expedition from 1903 to 1906. Although this crossing is now legendary, PONANT invites you to go even further, aboard Le Commandant Charcot, by sailing along a virtually unexplored maritime route.

Like a perfect prelude to your discovery of the polar world, the latest addition to the PONANT fleet will first take you on a magnificent ascent up the west coast of Greenland to the majestic Disko Bay. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, it will reveal itself to you between its mythical glacier and the graceful dance of monumental icebergs.

Next, you will enter the Northwest Passage via Lancaster Sound then through the ice of McClure Strait. Following in the wake of one of the most mythical sagas in polar exploration, the ship will progress through to Banks Island, and gradually immerse you in a constantly changing world of ice. The infinity of the ice floe will unveil itself, moving, treating the eyes to beauties sculpted by nature and enhanced by the changing light. Aboard Le Commandant Charcot, a luxurious setting designed to navigate in extreme zones, you will continue into the Beaufort Sea and explore landscapes that are inaccessible to traditional ships. The ice covering reshapes the reliefand reveals an incredible sensorial experience for the modern-day explorers.

Your immersion in the northern world will also lead you to encounter the Inuit people for special moments of sharing based on their traditions. In the heart of the ice or at the confluence of the currents, there where all is pristine and wild, nature reigns supreme and an encounter with a polar bear is always a wonderful experience.

Beyond theArctic Circle, your senses willfurther be ignited asthe sight of theglistening ice floes,blue-tinged glaciers,rugged mountain chainsandrolling tundracaptivates you. Long fantasised about before being discovered at the beginning of the 20th century, the Northwest Passage promises you a trip that is synonymous with going back to basics.

Find out more about the world ofLeCommandant Charcothere!

We are privileged guests in these extreme lands where we are at the mercy of weather and ice conditions. Our navigation, mainly in the fjords, will be determined by the type of ice we come across; as the fast ice must be preserved, we will take this factor into account from day to day in our itineraries. The sailing programme, outings, activities and observation of fauna cannot be guaranteed and are subject to weather and ice conditions. The experiences are unique and vary from day to day and for each departure. The Captain and the Expedition Leader will make every effort to ensure that your experience is as possible, while respecting safety instructions and regulations imposed by the AECO.

FLIGHT NOME/SEATTLE + TRANSFER

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Highlights

• With featured guests Ian Dawson and Sue Flood, British Photo Ambassadors.
• The eye and the advice of our photo ambassador, a privileged opportunity to immortalise your trip with, in the programme: workshops, conferences and personalized advice to improve your photographic skills.
• The crossing of the Northwest Passage by a unique maritime route, long coveted by the great explorers, only accessible thanks to Le Commandant Charcot, capable of sailing into the very heart of the ice.
• Enjoy the unique comfort of Commander Charcot during days of exploration on board, where time stands still in the middle of the ice floe, in the special silence of the polar desert.
• The west coast of Greenland, between traditional villages, glaciers and monumental icebergs.
• Meeting the Inuit communities of the west coast of Greenland.
• Discovery of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland.
• An exploration into the heart of the ice in the Northwest Passage and the contemplation of sublime reliefs of unspoiled and immaculate landscapes, which are constantly changing.
• Landscapes: icy channels, fjords, vast expanses of ice floe, icerbergs (Disko Bay), myriads of jagged islands, blue-toned glaciers, mountain chains, vertiginous walls, expanses of tundra.
• Fauna: Arctic foxes, sea birds, belugas, bowheadwhales,walruses and the possibility of seeing polar bears.
• Brand-new activities: kayaking, hiking or snowshoeing, ice fishing, polar plunge.

Ports of Call & Excursions

12 August 2024 - Reykjavík

Embarkation 12/08/2024 from 16:00 to 17:00 - Departure 12/08/2024 at 18:00

Iceland’s capital stretches along the edge of a vast bay in the west of the country. Perlan, the “Pearl of Reykjavík”, a museum located on ’Oskjuhlið hill, offers a panoramic view of the lush, green landscapes. A little further, one can easily spot the signpost showing the way to the evangelicalHallgrímskirkjachurch, and to the historical centre where one can stroll along the Skólavördustígur and the Laugavegur, two lively streets with charming small shops. For some relaxation just outside of the city, visitors have the opportunity to visit the Reykjanes peninsula and its famous thermal lagoons of theBlue Lagoon.

13 August 2024-14 August 2024 - Sailing through the Denmark Strait

Arrival 13/08/2024 - Departure 14/08/2024

Lying between Greenland and Iceland, the Denmark Strait was crossed for the first time by theVikings in the late 10th century, during Erik the Red’s expeditions. In the Second World War, its waters were the theatre of a battle between the Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy, on 24 May 1941. In the wintertime, extremely densepack ice forms along the Greenlandic coasts and, while the Transpolar Drift sweeps icebergs along throughout the year, the strait is generally clear of ice during the summer. In the depths of the strait lies the world’s largest waterfall, an undersea cataract formed by the difference in temperature between the cold waters of the Greenland Sea and the warmer waters of the Irminger Sea. Numerous cetacean species thrive in this rich ecosystem.

15 August 2024 - Prins Christian Sund

Arrival 15/08/2024 - Departure 15/08/2024

Your ship glides silently towards the Greenland coast, in a setting punctuated by pointed peaks and majestic glaciers… You are on the verge of crossing the Prins Christian Sund, a narrow channel that stretches out and zigzags over some one hundred kilometres between Greenland’s south-east and south-west. Fall under the spell of the primitive beauty of these unique landscapes, including rocky cliffs and waterfalls that are fed by the ice sheet and plunge into the icy waters. Here, bearded seals love to lie on the floating ice to soak up the sunshine.

16 August 2024 - Aappilattoq (Augpilatok)

Arrival 16/08/2024 - Departure 16/08/2024

Aappilattoq (Augpilatok), is a small Inuit village of around one hundred inhabitants, whose name means “sea anemone” in Greenlandic. Located in a mountainous region inaccessible by road, its picturesque, colourful houses stretch out to the southern tip of Greenland, on the banks of the spectacular Prince Christian Sound. Some one hundred kilometres long, the sound connects the Labrador Sea to the Irminger Sea, meandering through stunning landscapes such as majestic glaciers, craggy peaks, and rocky cliffs with waterfalls fed by the ice sheet. This region was uninhabited in the 19th century. The village was created in the 1920s and the main activities revolve around hunting, fishing and livestock farming.

17 August 2024 - Nuuk

Arrival 17/08/2024 - Departure 17/08/2024

When Erik Le Rouge, the exiled Norse chief, landed on the coast of Nuuk, he found a fertile and welcoming land dotted with fjords. He settled there with a group of his former countrymen, and the Norse remained the principal inhabitants until, over a period of 500 years, their population declined and gave way to the Inuit. Nuuk is situated at the mouth of one of the largest networks of fjords in the world, where the waters never freeze.

The town spreads gently out towards the Davis Strait and enjoys an historic center that is particularly rich in national heritage. The vivid reds, blues, greens and yellows of the houses are a lively contrast to the somber waters of Greenland and serve to lift the spirits of the locals during the Winter months.

18 August 2024 - At sea aboard Le Commandant Charcot

Arrival 18/08/2024 - Departure 18/08/2024

Spend exceptional moments sailing aboard Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s first luxury polar exploration vessel and the first PC2-class polar cruise ship capable of sailing into the very heart of the ice, on seas and oceans which the frozen conditions render inaccessible to ordinary ships. Le Commandant Charcot is fitted with oceanographic and scientific equipment selected by a committee of experts. Take advantage of the on-board lectures and opportunities for discussion with these specialists to learn more about the poles. Participate in furthering scientific research with PONANT and let us discover together what these fascinating destinations have yet to reveal to us.

19 August 2024 - Disko Bay

Arrival 19/08/2024 - Departure 19/08/2024

To the east of Baffin Bay, discover Disko Bay, scattered with countless icebergs produced by the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From your ship, admire the majestic ballet of these ice giants as they slowly drift across the dark waters. This site is a natural marvel of Greenland, and is also renowned as an observation point for the region’s many humpback whales. The encounters with wild fauna and stunning landscapes in the heart of this spectacular and fragile nature will be pure moments of wonder for you.

20 August 2024 - At sea aboard Le Commandant Charcot

Arrival 20/08/2024 - Departure 20/08/2024

Spend exceptional moments sailing aboard Le Commandant Charcot, the world’s first luxury polar exploration vessel and the first PC2-class polar cruise ship capable of sailing into the very heart of the ice, on seas and oceans which the frozen conditions render inaccessible to ordinary ships. Le Commandant Charcot is fitted with oceanographic and scientific equipment selected by a committee of experts. Take advantage of the on-board lectures and opportunities for discussion with these specialists to learn more about the poles. Participate in furthering scientific research with PONANT and let us discover together what these fascinating destinations have yet to reveal to us.

21 August 2024 - Pond Inlet, Nunavut

Arrival 21/08/2024 - Departure 21/08/2024

OnBaffin Island, located in northern Canada at the mouth of the famous NorthWest Passage, there is a small Inuit settlement at the very bounds of infinity. To get there, cross the Arctic Circle, the imaginary line that separates man from lands of mystery and wonder. It’s not so much the way of life that sets Pond Inlet’s inhabitants apart, so much as the setting. Snow-capped mountains, fjords and glaciers combine in a dazzling natural environment that fills space and expands time. Some discoveries change you forever: this is one of them.

22 August 2024 - Lancaster Sound

Arrival 22/08/2024 - Departure 22/08/2024

Between Devon Island and Baffin Island, in the Canadian territory of Nunavut, Lancaster Sound forms part of the Northwest Passage, a shipping route crossing the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, along the northern coast of North America. Coveted for almost 300 years, it saw several expeditions including the fatal one led by John Franklin, seen for the last time near Lancaster Sound in August 1845. Many colonies of cetaceans, polar bears and seabirds have taken up residence in or near these nourishing waters at the confluence of the currents. Situated in Inuit territory, the Sound is the subject of plans to create a marine conservation area intended to protect this rich ecosystem and its inhabitants.

23 August 2024 - Devon Island, Nunavut

Arrival 23/08/2024 - Departure 23/08/2024

Located in Baffin Bay, Devon Island is part of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Anchored on the Arctic Cordillera,

its rocky surface, similar to that of Mars, is of great interest to scientists. Robert Bylot and William Baffin were the first Europeans to sight Devon Island in 1616 but it would be mapped two centuries later by the British sailor William E. Parry, who named it after the eponymous English region. Around 1920, the Hudson's Bay Company set up a fur-trading outpost there, until the departure of the Inuits in 1936. A new attempt to populate it was made at the beginning of the 1950s. Only a few buildings in ruins, vestiges of that time, remain today.

24 August 2024 - Beechey Island, Nunavut

Arrival 24/08/2024 - Departure 24/08/2024

Beechey Island, at the eastern end of Resolute Bay, will call to mind some of the most important moments of Franklin’s expedition. Sir John set off in 1845 in search of the mythical Northwest Passage and was forced to take shelter in Erebus Harbour for two long years, while he waited for the ice floes to recede and allow him a way through. It is a spectacular location; seeing the three wooden grave markers, bleached by the sun (indicating the burial places of at least three of Captain Franklin’s men) and visiting the memorial that has been erected in memory of Franklin and his men can only reinforce the hushed sense of reverence. If the surrounding wilderness impresses us, the ochre and yellows of the rocky desert soften the landscape.

25 August 202427 August 2024 - Exploring sea ice of Northwest Passage

Arrival 25/08/2024 - Departure 27/08/2024

At the far north of the American continent, in the most northerly part of the Arctic archipelago, the Northwest Passage is the shortest waterway between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. Its crossing has been coveted since the 15th century and Roald Amundsen was the first to do so in 1906. Blocked by thick ice floe for most of the year, to date only a lucky few have managed to sail from one side to the other. The crossing of this little-mapped and little-explored region is a challenge worthy of Le Commandant Charcot, which was designed to sail in extreme environments. Sheltered in its refined and protective setting, you will make the most of this exploration of the ice with the inimitable appeal of the first time: just like the first explorers, you will sail in its channels sculpted by glacial erosion and discoverspectacular landscapes, made up ofcraggy terrainandmonumental fjords. You will be able to measure the privilege of undertaking such an exploration in the light of the experience’s rarity.

28 August 202429 August 2024 - Banks Island

Arrival 28/08/2024 - Departure 29/08/2024

Located in the north of Canadian archipelago of the Northwest Territories, Banks Island, also known as Banks Land offers landscapes that are as sumptuous as they are spectacular. The island, covering some 70,000 km², offers a landscape of hills and valleys as well as sheer cliffs and canyons, a result of the glacial erosion. To the north of the island, the Aulavik National Park is home to a very rich wildlife mainly consisting of Arctic wolves, muskox, caribou, Arctic foxes, lemmings and many varieties of birds.

30 August 2024-2 September 2024 - Exploring sea ice in Beaufort Sea

Arrival 30/08/2024 - Departure 02/09/2024

Bordering the north coasts of Alaska and Canada, theBeaufort Seawas feared for centuries because of its extreme climatic conditions. Covered for most of the year with athick layer of ice, andunexplored until 1914, this part of the Arctic Ocean, named in honour of the British Admiral Francis Beaufort, will reveal its magnificent icy landscapes to you. With a bit of luck, maybe you will cross the path of somepolar bears, since the region is renowned for sheltering the Lord of the Arctic.

3 September 2024 - Sailing in Beaufort Sea

Arrival 03/09/2024 - Departure 03/09/2024

Delimited by the entrance to the Northwest Passage and the Amundsen Gulf to the east and by Canada’s Yukon and Northwest Territories to the west, the Beaufort Sea makes up part of the – almost – inaccessible Arctic Ocean. Due to its extreme weather conditions, it was not explored until 1914, by the Canadian explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson. However, it was named after Francis Beaufort, a British admiral and hydrographer. You will sail on these remote waters strewn with a mosaic of ice resulting from sea-ice breakup. Surrounded by this stunning scenery, you may spot a few belugas and bowhead whales, established in colonies in the region.

4 September 2024 - Crossing the Bering Strait

Arrival 04/09/2024 - Departure 04/09/2024

You will cross the Bering Strait, a 90-km (56-mile) wide maritime channel between eastern Siberia and Alaska, named after the Danish explorer Vitus Bering. You will sail this strait that people once used to walk across, during the last glaciations, from Asia to North America. The transfer of Alaska to the Unites States by the Russians, in 1867, turned the Strait into a significant geostrategic site nicknamed the “Ice Curtain” during the Cold War. Delineated in 1990, the border between the two countries is located in the middle of the Strait, between the two Diomede Islands, making one of them Russian and the other American. During your crossing, favourable conditions will be conducive to a moving encounter with wildlife, attracted by these nourishing waters.

5 September 2024 - Nome, Alaska

Arrival 05/09/2024 - Disembarkation 05/09/2024 at 08:00

Located along the Bering Strait at the westernmost point of Alaska, Nome offers the rustic charm of a former gold-mining town, set in the middle of magnificent wilderness. As you weave in and out of the brightly coloured houses, you will discover the pioneering legacy that still marks local traditions. Fishing, reindeer rearing, sledge-racing... People here live from their manual labour. The surrounding plains provide stunning vantage points for observing Arctic fauna.

For your serenity, PONANT selects a flight and organises the transfer between the port and the airport. This package is included in your cruise fare.

Disembarkation Day - Nome/Seattle

Disembarkation.

Meet and greet at the port by our local English-speaking representative.

Transfer to the airport in time for check-in for the PONANT selected flight from Nome to Seattle.

Flight Nome/Seattle selected by PONANT. Approximate flight duration: 5 hours.

We highly recommend you stay one night in Seattle after this flight

แนะนำ

- วันที่ 5 ก.ย. 2567 หลังจบทริปเรือสำรวจฯ บริการเที่ยวบินภายในจาก โนม, อลาสก้า สู่ ซีแอตเทิล, วอชิงตัน (ตั๋วเครื่องบินภายในฯ รวมในค่าแพ็คเกจเรือแล้ว)

- ผู้เดินทางควรจองที่พักใน ซีแอตเทิล, วอชิงตัน คืนวันที่ 5 ก.ย. 2567 เพิ่มอีก 1 คืน ก่อนกลับจุดหมายปลายทาง

- ผู้เดินทางควรขอวีซ่า Schengen Visa Multiple กรีนแลนด์ + วีซ่าอเมริกา + วีซ่าแคนาดา

Please note:

• The flight included in the programme to this date, operated in economy class.
• Due to limited local transportation resources, waiting might be generated.
• For passengers in transit in Seattle, we recommend staying one night in Seattle after this flight.
• Programme and flight schedule are subject to change without prior notice.