TOURS & HOLIDAYS TO SPITSBERGEN

SPITSBERGEN EXPEDITION CRUISES
 

OUR SHIPS

The Grigoriy Mikheev, Aleksey Maryshev, Professor Molchanov and Professor Moltanovskiy were all built in Finland as polar research craft for the Hydro-graphic Institute of St Petersburg and later converted for passenger use. Whilst marginally different in date of build, profile and internal layout, all have specially strengthened hulls and are crewed by experienced Russian officers and men, the former being widely acknowledged to be experts in polar navigation.

The ship’s bridge decks are large with panoramic windows and passengers are welcome there at almost all times. There is also plenty of good open deck viewing space. Each ship carries a number of Zodiac Ribs which are ideal for shore landings at points inaccessible to other craft.

Down below there is a dining and lecture room, lounge area and bar, infirmary and sauna.

OUR EXPEDITION LEADERS

Cruises are led by experienced leaders with a strong and academically based enthusiasm for the Polar regions in general and their specialist subject in particular. As eclectic a group by way of nationality, gender, career path, experience and academic discipline as it is possible to find, they nonetheless find common ground in their love of nature and the environment.

Just some of them who lead and have led our expeditions in recent years are:

Ian Stone, a Polar historian and honorary research associate at the Polar Research Institute at Cambridge.

Morten Jorgensen has worked for the Danish Ornithological Society and as an observer for the Danish Polar Center.

Rinie van Mews has led over 150 expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, the majority of them to Svalbard.

Rolf Strange has recently published Rocks and Ice, a book on the geography and geology of Svalbard and has worked as a guide and zodiac driver for Oceanwide Expeditions since 2000.

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