52 nightsFrom Kangerlussuaq13 ports of call
52-Day Northwest Passage, Greenland
Seabourn · Seabourn Venture
Overview
A 52-night voyage aboard Seabourn Venture, departing Kangerlussuaq on 29 Jul 2028 and returning to the same port, calling at 13 destinations along the way.
KangerlussuaqIlulissat, GreenlandPond InletNunavut CanadaNuuk GodthaabKangerlussuaqPond InletKangerlussuaqNuuk GodthaabIqaluitSisimiut, GreenlandEvighedsfjordenKangerlussuaq
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Itinerary
52 nights · 53 ports of call- 1
Day 1 ·Reykjavik, IcelandEmbark
29 Jul 2028Warmed by the Gulf Stream as well as by highly active thermal hot springs and volcanoes, Iceland is somewhat misnamed. While it is a stark and barren country with three huge areas of glaciers, one theory is that early Norsemen sought to mislead other potential settlers by giving a pleasant name to fierce, inhospitable Greenland, and a forbidding name to the imminently habitable Iceland. Irish monks and hermits established themselves here in the 8th century, but left a century later when the pagan Norsemen arrived. Europe's first Parliament of General Assembly, the Althing, was established in the year 930 and still functions as the legislative body, although it was suspended by the Danes at the end of the 18th century and not reconvened until 1843. Reykjavik was the site picked by the island's first permanent resident, Ingolfur Arnarson in 874, and is home to more than half of the island's total population. The world's northernmost capital, Reykjavik is proud of its virtual lack of air pollution. Both electrical power and home heating are derived from the geothermal activity on the island. The city's large swimming pools are always warm, and in the countryside exotic fruits such as grapes and bananas are cultivated in greenhouses made cozy with the help of underground hot springs. - 2
Day 2 ·Kangerlussuaq
30 Jul 2028Depart 20:00In October, 1941 the United States Army Air Force constructed an airbase at the site of Kangerlussuaq. It served as a refuelling stop for single-engine military aircraft being flown to Britain during World War II. Form their last port of call, Goose Bay, Labrador, it was 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to Kangerlussuaq until they could refuel. Kangerlussuaq fjord (‘Big Fjord’), is 170 kilometers (105 miles) long and was often shrouded in fog, providing a serious navigation problem for those aircrews.
Today, with the use of modern technology, navigation is no longer an issue. The landscape was ideal for the site of an airport. A large alluvial plain, deposited by the nearby glacial-outflow river, provided a perfectly flat environment for an airport. Kangerlussuaq is the largest commercial airport in Greenland and supports a population of 500. A little known fact, from 1971 to 1987, 33 missiles from various countries, were fired from Kangerlussuaq for upper atmospheric scientific research. - 3
Day 3 ·At Sea
31 Jul 2028 - 4
Day 4 ·Ilulissat (Jakobshavn), Greenland
1 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00Located in Disco Bay, Ilulissat is home to Sermeq Kujalleq, the fastest-moving glacier in the world. This tremendous river of ice flows from the Greenland Ice Shield toward the sea, funneling through a narrow opening at nearly 40 meters a day. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is the “Mother of Icebergs” that fills its fjord and the bay with great quantities of floating icebergs that parade down the bay and into the Atlantic Ocean. No formal excursions are planned for the town, which is home to about 4,600 people and some 3,500 sled dogs. - 5
Day 5 ·The Seabourn Northwest Greenland Experience
2 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00 - 6
Day 6 ·At Sea
3 Aug 2028 - 7
Day 7 ·Pond Inlet
4 Aug 2028Arrive 06:00Depart 10:00 - 8
Day 8 ·Erik Harbour, Nunavut, Canada
4 Aug 2028Arrive 14:00Depart 18:00 - 8
Day 8 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
5 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 18:00 - 10
Day 10 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
6 Aug 2028Arrive 12:30Depart 16:30 - 11
Day 11 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
7 Aug 2028Arrive 12:00Depart 18:00 - 11
Day 11 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
8 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00 - 12
Day 12 ·Cambridge Bay Village
9 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 12:00 - 14
Day 14 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
10 Aug 2028Arrive 12:00Depart 17:00 - 14
Day 14 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
11 Aug 2028Arrive 09:00Depart 18:00 - 16
Day 16 ·Philpots Island
12 Aug 2028Arrive 12:00Depart 16:00 - 16
Day 16 ·Dymond Islands, Nunavut, Canada
13 Aug 2028Arrive 09:00Depart 13:00 - 17
Day 17 ·The Seabourn Baffin Island Experience
14 Aug 2028Arrive 09:00Depart 12:00 - 18
Day 18 ·At Sea
15 Aug 2028 - 19
Day 19 ·Nuuk (Godthab), Greenland
16 Aug 2028Arrive 05:00Depart 14:00Greenland’s capital boasts some 16,000 inhabitants. Although the town does not offer us any shore excursions, there are several attractions which guests may wish to visit. One is the roofed town market, where the products of the nearby sea and wilderness are for sale, including the meat of whales, seals, birds and fish. The Katuaq Cultural Center offers changing exhibitions. Especially worth a visit is the National Museum, which besides many historic objects, contains the quite famous 500-year old mummies recovered from Qilakitsoq. The nearby Museum of Art has works by both Inuit and Nordic artists. There is also an artisan’s center where guests may purchase locally produced works, and a collection of traditional houses. - 20
Day 20 ·Kangerlussuaq
17 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 20:00In October, 1941 the United States Army Air Force constructed an airbase at the site of Kangerlussuaq. It served as a refuelling stop for single-engine military aircraft being flown to Britain during World War II. Form their last port of call, Goose Bay, Labrador, it was 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to Kangerlussuaq until they could refuel. Kangerlussuaq fjord (‘Big Fjord’), is 170 kilometers (105 miles) long and was often shrouded in fog, providing a serious navigation problem for those aircrews.
Today, with the use of modern technology, navigation is no longer an issue. The landscape was ideal for the site of an airport. A large alluvial plain, deposited by the nearby glacial-outflow river, provided a perfectly flat environment for an airport. Kangerlussuaq is the largest commercial airport in Greenland and supports a population of 500. A little known fact, from 1971 to 1987, 33 missiles from various countries, were fired from Kangerlussuaq for upper atmospheric scientific research. - 21
Day 21 ·At Sea
18 Aug 2028 - 22
Day 22 ·At Sea
19 Aug 2028 - 23
Day 23 ·Pond Inlet
20 Aug 2028Arrive 06:00Depart 13:00 - 24
Day 24 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
21 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 16:00 - 25
Day 25 ·The Seabourn Ellesmere Island Experience
22 Aug 2028Arrive 09:00Depart 17:00 - 26
Day 26 ·The Seabourn Ellesmere Island Experience
23 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00 - 27
Day 27 ·The Seabourn Ellesmere Island Experience
24 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00 - 28
Day 28 ·The Seabourn Ellesmere Island Experience
25 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00 - 29
Day 29 ·The Seabourn Ellesmere Island Experience
26 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00 - 30
Day 30 ·At Sea
27 Aug 2028 - 31
Day 31 ·The Seabourn Northwest Greenland Experience
28 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 12:00 - 32
Day 32 ·The Seabourn Northwest Greenland Experience
29 Aug 2028Arrive 08:00Depart 14:00 - 33
Day 33 ·At Sea
30 Aug 2028 - 34
Day 34 ·Kangerlussuaq
31 Aug 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 20:00In October, 1941 the United States Army Air Force constructed an airbase at the site of Kangerlussuaq. It served as a refuelling stop for single-engine military aircraft being flown to Britain during World War II. Form their last port of call, Goose Bay, Labrador, it was 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to Kangerlussuaq until they could refuel. Kangerlussuaq fjord (‘Big Fjord’), is 170 kilometers (105 miles) long and was often shrouded in fog, providing a serious navigation problem for those aircrews.
Today, with the use of modern technology, navigation is no longer an issue. The landscape was ideal for the site of an airport. A large alluvial plain, deposited by the nearby glacial-outflow river, provided a perfectly flat environment for an airport. Kangerlussuaq is the largest commercial airport in Greenland and supports a population of 500. A little known fact, from 1971 to 1987, 33 missiles from various countries, were fired from Kangerlussuaq for upper atmospheric scientific research. - 36
Day 36 ·Nuuk (Godthab), Greenland
1 Sept 2028Arrive 14:00Depart 22:00Greenland’s capital boasts some 16,000 inhabitants. Although the town does not offer us any shore excursions, there are several attractions which guests may wish to visit. One is the roofed town market, where the products of the nearby sea and wilderness are for sale, including the meat of whales, seals, birds and fish. The Katuaq Cultural Center offers changing exhibitions. Especially worth a visit is the National Museum, which besides many historic objects, contains the quite famous 500-year old mummies recovered from Qilakitsoq. The nearby Museum of Art has works by both Inuit and Nordic artists. There is also an artisan’s center where guests may purchase locally produced works, and a collection of traditional houses. - 36
Day 36 ·At Sea
2 Sept 2028 - 37
Day 37 ·Iqaluit, Nunavut, Canada
3 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 12:00In 1576, English explorer Martin Frobisher sailed into Frobisher Bay in search of a route to China. What he “discovered” was a large inlet with numerous Inuit fishing and hunting camps along its shores. The name Iqaluit means ‘a place of many fish’ in Inuktitut. Although the Inuit people had been here for thousands of years prior, they hadn’t establish a permanent settlement. It wasn’t until 1942 that the first Inuit made Iqaluit home. They settled here to help service the U.S. Air Force base, which was used to ferry aircraft to Europe during World War II.
Iqaluit, the capital of the Canadian territory of Nunavut, has 7,700 inhabitants. Some 60% of its residents are Inuit. A highlight of a visit here is the Nunatta Sunakkutaangit Museum, with its beautiful displays of Inuit art, artifacts and dioramas of Arctic life. St. Jude's Cathedral, often referred to as the ‘Igloo Cathedral’ because of its unique architectural design, is likewise of interest to visitors. - 38
Day 38 ·Diana Island, Nunavut, Canada
4 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 12:00 - 39
Day 39 ·Erik Cove, Nunavut, Canada
5 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 12:00 - 40
Day 40 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
6 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 11:00 - 42
Day 42 ·Fury and Hecla Strait, Canada
7 Sept 2028Arrive 14:00Depart 18:00 - 43
Day 43 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
8 Sept 2028Arrive 13:00Depart 18:00 - 44
Day 44 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
9 Sept 2028Arrive 13:00Depart 18:00 - 44
Day 44 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
10 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00 - 45
Day 45 ·Cambridge Bay Village
11 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 12:00 - 47
Day 47 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
12 Sept 2028Arrive 12:00Depart 15:00 - 47
Day 47 ·The Seabourn Northwest Passage Experience
13 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 18:00 - 48
Day 48 ·At Sea
14 Sept 2028 - 49
Day 49 ·At Sea
15 Sept 2028 - 50
Day 50 ·Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Greenland
16 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00Sisimiut is Greenland’s second-largest town, and large by Greenland standards, housing some 6,000 people. It is located just north of the Arctic Circle, and is a popular base for visitors seeking adventurous pastimes in the surrounding country. Although there are no shore excursions planned for Sisimiut, guests may wish to investigate the local market, where the products of the country are sold, including meat from whales, reindeer, musk oxen and many kinds of fish. Watch for the stocky little Icelandic horses trotting along the highways, and keep an eye out for sea eagles often seen perched on the surrounding mountains. Whales are also often seen in the sea nearby. On the hill above the harbor, there is an artisan’s workshop where they create and sell Inuit crafts, and nearby is the town museum, which has examples of colonial period houses, peat houses and other early buildings. - 51
Day 51 ·Evighedsfjorden
17 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00Depart 17:00 - 52
Day 52 ·KangerlussuaqDisembark
18 Sept 2028Arrive 07:00In October, 1941 the United States Army Air Force constructed an airbase at the site of Kangerlussuaq. It served as a refuelling stop for single-engine military aircraft being flown to Britain during World War II. Form their last port of call, Goose Bay, Labrador, it was 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to Kangerlussuaq until they could refuel. Kangerlussuaq fjord (‘Big Fjord’), is 170 kilometers (105 miles) long and was often shrouded in fog, providing a serious navigation problem for those aircrews.
Today, with the use of modern technology, navigation is no longer an issue. The landscape was ideal for the site of an airport. A large alluvial plain, deposited by the nearby glacial-outflow river, provided a perfectly flat environment for an airport. Kangerlussuaq is the largest commercial airport in Greenland and supports a population of 500. A little known fact, from 1971 to 1987, 33 missiles from various countries, were fired from Kangerlussuaq for upper atmospheric scientific research.
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