Stockholm Itinerary
Expedition Svalbard with Floris Smeets12 days / 11 nights
About Stockholm
- Charming expedition vessel with a classical aesthetic
- Unique and intimate experience with just 12 guests on board
- Enjoy an impressive ratio of six passengers per guide
- Experienced in accessing some of the hardest to reach areas
Stockholm is a classically-styled expedition vessel that offers intimate, once-in-a-lifetime expedition cruises in the Arctic, with a total of just 12 guests on board. Complete with rich wooden panelling, brass furnishings, and even a crow’s nest, climbing aboard Stockholm is like stepping back in time – in the best possible way. Traversing the waters of Svalbard for the past 25 years, this charming vessel gives guests the chance to enjoy their polar adventure without big groups, focusing instead on more personal moments alongside a small handful of like-minded travellers.
Itinerary details
Length of trip 12 days / 11 nights
Number of dives 0
Experience No experience required
Insurance Not Required
Highlights
- Circular route around Svalbard Archipelago
- Hinlopen Strait, home to bearded seals, ringed seals, and polar bears
- Monaco Glacier is a hotspot for kittiwakes and polar bears
- Visit the islands of Barentsøya and Edgeøya
- Hornsund offer spectacular glaciers and a breathtaking landscape
- Chance to explore one of the world’s most fascinating destinations with Floris Smeets
- Floris is the photographic leader of Wild Nature photo tours and the same during this trip together with Wild Nature
Day 1: Longyearbyen, Svalbard
We arrive in Longyearbyen and transfer to our hotel.
Days 2-11: Expedition cruising
Explore Longyearbyen on your own before meeting up your fellow travellers and guides for lunch. In the afternoon we embark the expedition ship and sail out through the spectacular Isfjorden - the Arctic expedition has started! We are now in a part of the world where we are totally dependent on the ice and weather conditions. Our exact itinerary depends on these factors and on the wildlife we encounter. Our ambition is to head out on Zodiac cruises every day and to go ashore when the opportunity arises. Here are some examples of places we may visit:
Northwest Spitsbergen
The scientific village of Ny-Ålesund is situated in Kongsfjorden. It was from here that Amundsen and Nobile started their heroic expeditions to the North Pole. Two other courageous attempts to reach the North Pole started on the island of Danskøya. Swedish explorer Andrée made an attempt with a hydrogen balloon and American journalist Wellman started with an airship. There are still interesting remnants from these expeditions left on this site.
Magnificent fjords
Svalbard offers the visitor countless spectacular fjords. During our journey we will explore a few of them such as: Liefdefjorden, meaning “The fjord of love”, is lined with snow-covered mountain peaks and here we hope to cruise along the face of the spectacular Monaco Glacier. Many common eiders and pinkfooted geese nest in the area. In Krossfjorden we revel in the beautifully sculptured front of the 14th of July Glacier to the raucous greeting of the large number of kittiwakes and Brünnich’s guillemots nesting on the nearby cliffs. Raudfjorden is an area of immense natural beauty – dominated by beautiful glaciers. It is also a favourite spot for seals and the bird cliffs are bursting with activity.
Hinlopen Strait and Alkefjellet
If the ice allows we enter Hinlopen Strait. Here is Alkefjellet, an impressive, basaltic cliff, which is the home to an estimated 200 000 Brünnich’s guillemots. We may also continue into the beautiful bay Palanderbukta on Nordaustlandet.
Eastern Svalbard
The island of Nordaustlandet is covered by an enormous ice cap and fascinates naturalists as well as historians. Here the giant glacier Bråsvellbreen stretches for 200 kilometres! The 15-20-metre high ice edge is intersected by hundreds of melt-waterfalls. Barentsøya and Edgeøya offer magnificent landscapes and vast tundra. Chances to encounter walruses, Arctic fox and Svalbard reindeer are good here.
Southwest Spitsbergen
The grand fjords of Hornsund offer spectacular glaciers and a breathtaking landscape of towering mountain peaks, often reaching above the clouds. On a clear day we can see the summit of the highest mountain Hornsundtind, measuring 1431 meters.
Day 12: Longyearbyen
Early morning we disembark our expedition ship and begin our journey back home.
We arrive in Longyearbyen and transfer to our hotel.
Days 2-11: Expedition cruising
Explore Longyearbyen on your own before meeting up your fellow travellers and guides for lunch. In the afternoon we embark the expedition ship and sail out through the spectacular Isfjorden - the Arctic expedition has started! We are now in a part of the world where we are totally dependent on the ice and weather conditions. Our exact itinerary depends on these factors and on the wildlife we encounter. Our ambition is to head out on Zodiac cruises every day and to go ashore when the opportunity arises. Here are some examples of places we may visit:
Northwest Spitsbergen
The scientific village of Ny-Ålesund is situated in Kongsfjorden. It was from here that Amundsen and Nobile started their heroic expeditions to the North Pole. Two other courageous attempts to reach the North Pole started on the island of Danskøya. Swedish explorer Andrée made an attempt with a hydrogen balloon and American journalist Wellman started with an airship. There are still interesting remnants from these expeditions left on this site.
Magnificent fjords
Svalbard offers the visitor countless spectacular fjords. During our journey we will explore a few of them such as: Liefdefjorden, meaning “The fjord of love”, is lined with snow-covered mountain peaks and here we hope to cruise along the face of the spectacular Monaco Glacier. Many common eiders and pinkfooted geese nest in the area. In Krossfjorden we revel in the beautifully sculptured front of the 14th of July Glacier to the raucous greeting of the large number of kittiwakes and Brünnich’s guillemots nesting on the nearby cliffs. Raudfjorden is an area of immense natural beauty – dominated by beautiful glaciers. It is also a favourite spot for seals and the bird cliffs are bursting with activity.
Hinlopen Strait and Alkefjellet
If the ice allows we enter Hinlopen Strait. Here is Alkefjellet, an impressive, basaltic cliff, which is the home to an estimated 200 000 Brünnich’s guillemots. We may also continue into the beautiful bay Palanderbukta on Nordaustlandet.
Eastern Svalbard
The island of Nordaustlandet is covered by an enormous ice cap and fascinates naturalists as well as historians. Here the giant glacier Bråsvellbreen stretches for 200 kilometres! The 15-20-metre high ice edge is intersected by hundreds of melt-waterfalls. Barentsøya and Edgeøya offer magnificent landscapes and vast tundra. Chances to encounter walruses, Arctic fox and Svalbard reindeer are good here.
Southwest Spitsbergen
The grand fjords of Hornsund offer spectacular glaciers and a breathtaking landscape of towering mountain peaks, often reaching above the clouds. On a clear day we can see the summit of the highest mountain Hornsundtind, measuring 1431 meters.
Day 12: Longyearbyen
Early morning we disembark our expedition ship and begin our journey back home.
Sample itineraries are for guidance only. Actual itineraries may differ slightly due to factors such as weather, wildlife, logistics and local regulations,
Transfer details
Departure
12:00pm
Longyearbyen
Svalbard Airport: LYR
Return
10:00am
Longyearbyen
Svalbard Airport: LYR
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