Seabourn 2021 - 2022

DAY 0 | TROMSØ Arrive in Norway’s ‘Capital of the North’ and transfer from the airport to the pier to embark Seabourn Venture for your Arctic expedition. DAY 1 | STORSTAPPEN ISLAND & HORNVIKA Experience Nature’s sheer, Arctic summer extravagance on a Zodiac ® cruise of Storstappen Island’s teeming seabird cliffs. Then climb a flower-decked, stair-step path to the iconic North Cape, or choose to go by road. Later, toast the Cape and each other as you cruise by again at day’s end, en route to more Arctic adventures. DAY 2 | NORWEGIAN SEA Get to know Seabourn Venture and your fellow adventurers as you cruise the Norwegian Sea, and meet the fascinating, experienced and accomplished members of your Expedition Team, both in formal briefings and presentations in the Discovery Center and in more casual conversations around the ship. DAY 3 | BEAR ISLAND (BJØRNØYA) The towering, fortress-like cliffs and sea- stacks of Bear Island (Bjørnøya) greet you this morning with the sights and sounds of uncountable circling and nesting seabirds and intriguing sea caves and channels to explore by Zodiac ® . Later move to the flat, lunar landscape nearer the Herwighamna weather station to meet its isolated crew. DAYS 4-10 | THE SVALBARD EXPERIENCE The islands of Svalbard are eloquent evidence of nature’s industry, scored and corrugated by glaciers that cover 60 percent of their mass. Stony, sentinel peaks soar above deeply carved fjords and sparkling bays. In summer, tundra vegetation thrives under the Midnight Sun. Migratory birds in their millions arrive to nest, breed and nurture their young on steep, striated cliffs, shingle beaches and tundra meadows. Elaborately antlered reindeer graze the slopes. Arctic foxes and predatory gulls haunt the nursery edges. Seals and walruses haul out to join the breeding season, and polar bears patrol the rocky shorelines and floating ice, while whales roll and breach and feed offshore. Here and there, testaments to past human endeavors endure: whalebones and weathered trypots from medieval whaling stations; the wind-sanded timbers of an expedition’s launching site; a hut where someone whiled away a long-ago, dark winter. Riding in Zodiacs ® and paddling kayaks, observing from the decks and trekking on the islands themselves, we will experience and explore this isolated, unspoiled and breathtakingly beautiful place, as it revels in the endless days of its short, exuberant summer. The precise daily itinerary will be planned by your Expedition Leader and Captain based on sea and ice conditions and wildlife concentrations. DAY 11 | LONGYEARBYEN & OSLO Longyearbyen was named after the American industrialist John Longyear, whose Arctic Coal Company initiated coal mining here in 1906. The seat of the Governor of Svalbard is located on a small tributary of the large Isfjorden. The town’s 2,100 inhabitants live in one of world’s most northerly settlements, employed in a combination of coal mining, education and tourism. Disembark at Svalbard’s capital and transfer to the airport for your included flight to Oslo , Norway. Included air to OSLO Norwegian Sea Barents Sea Greenland Sea Hornvika Bjørnøya Longyearbyen TROMSØ Storstappen Island North Cape Poolepynten Monacobreen Hornsund Note: routing/ activity dependent on weather and ice conditions. HIGHLIGHT: WALRUSSES are the Arctic’s largest pinnipeds, reaching 11 feet in length and 3,700 pounds. With long, curved tusks and prominent bristly whiskers, they are unmistakable when ‘hauled out’ on shore in communal heaps to maintain heat. They feed by scooping up molluscs, crushing the shells against their bodies, and eating the meat. We appreciate them from a distance, respecting their shy, suspicious nature. SVALBARD – BEYOND NORTH CAPE 11 DAYS | TROMSØ TO OSLO | JUL 27, 2021 V147 | SEABOURN VENTURE ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS 45 Included charter flight