Polar bears · 7 nights · Longyearbyen to Longyearbyen
The strongest polar bear week we have: Pyramiden, the walrus at Poolepynten, Ny-Ålesund's icebergs, Magdalenefjorden and north to the pack ice.
Longyearbyen, Isfjorden · The northernmost town
Board in Longyearbyen after the Svalbard Museum and a look at the Global Seed Vault in the hillside. The first afternoon in Isfjorden.
Pyramiden, Nordenskiöldbreen · A Soviet ghost town and a glacier face
Pyramiden, the Soviet mining town abandoned overnight and left exactly as it was, Lenin still in the square. Then the Zodiacs along the face of the Nordenskiöld glacier.
The idea of the week
The high Arctic, at 78 to 80 degrees north: polar bears, walrus, glaciers breaking into the sea, and daylight all night. Fly into Longyearbyen and you are on expedition the same afternoon. This is the strongest polar bear week we have, and it is what ARCTIC was built for.
Every landing goes ashore with armed guards and under the Governor of Svalbard's rules, and the ice decides how far north we get. Bring the biggest lens you own.
The days are the route we would suggest. On board, the captain sets the final one around the ice, the weather and the wildlife, and every week can be reshaped around your group.
What the week costs
The yacht's published weekly rate, plus an Advance Provisioning Allowance, customarily 30 percent, for fuel, food, drink and berths, plus local VAT where it applies. Every listing shows its rate.
How charter pricing worksAlso on this coast
Everything we know about Northern Europe: when to go, where the fleet is and the other weeks we have planned.
Open Northern EuropeWoven into the week
The parts of the week that need a phone call before you arrive: tables, guides, instructors and the toys on deck.
In Svalbard and East Greenland every landing goes ashore with armed guards and follows the Governor's rules. We bring the expedition team, the permits and the guards; you just get in the Zodiac.
ARCTIC carries one of the largest tender fleets in charter: Zodiacs and RIBs for the glacier fronts and the whales, kayaks and paddleboards for the still mornings, dive gear and room for an ROV. Wherever she anchors, there is a way onto the water or the ice.
Someone always goes first. A swim in the fjord or among the ice, straight into the Jacuzzi on deck or the sauna, and a story you will tell for years.
The helideckA helicopter on board turns a glacier into a lunch stop. Landings on the ice, flights over the peaks, a dinner reached by air. Where it can fly depends on local permits, which we arrange before the charter.
Every week here is seven nights because that is how ARCTIC's programme runs, but any of them can grow. Two regions back to back is the trip of a lifetime: the fjords then the Arctic Circle, or Iceland then East Greenland.
Yachts
Live from our charter list, in a different order every visit so you see the range. Every rate is the real weekly figure from the listing.
The live list for Northern Europe is a tap away.
Every yacht available here, with its published weekly rate.
Explore available yachtsThe other weeks we have planned on this coast, and when to go.
