While at sea, join expert-led lectures that decode Arctic wildlife and sea ice, the human story of exploration, and the history of the Northwest Passage. Learn how navigation is shaped by nature here—by wind, current, and pack ice rather than fixed routes.

Between talks, step onto open decks to practice seabird ID and horizon scanning with the team. Short workshops introduce field techniques, from reading floe edges to observing marine mammals responsibly.

Launch by Zodiac along Baffin Island’s east, tracing ice-carved fjords beneath steep Baffin mountains. Guides position the craft to read currents and ice, pausing where upwellings attract seals and seabirds and the light sculpts glacier-polished rock.

Conditions permitting, step ashore to feel the scale of this coastal world where travel, hunting, and seasons remain linked to the sea. Learn how community life in Qikiqtarjuaq adapts to lingering drift ice and changing weather patterns.

Trace calm water between sheer walls on a guided Zodiac as you weave through brash ice and mirrors of sky. Your driver finds sheltered coves for photography, inviting you to pause for photos and reflection amid towering fjord scenery and drifting bergy bits.

Discuss the glacier that carved this channel and the rock’s striations, evidence of ancient ice in motion. The stillness carries only the slap of small waves and the soft clink of ice against the hull.

Step ashore on the world’s largest uninhabited island to visit the Royal Canadian Mounted Police outpost ruins at Dundas Harbour. Low tundra, quiet graves, and weathered buildings evoke early patrols that connected distant Arctic communities.

Later, board Zodiacs to nose through brash ice at Croker Bay toward a tidewater glacier face. Listen for cracks and pops, and watch for kittiwakes working the nutrient-rich meltwater line where the glacier meets the sea.

Visit Beechey Island, a stark strand at the gateway to the Northwest Passage, where memorials and graves from the Franklin expedition of 1845 rest on the wind-scoured shore. Guides interpret timelines, findings, and the enduring mysteries.

Walk carefully on the pebble spit to absorb the scale of 19th-century exploration. The Arctic silence, broken only by surf and wind, frames a sobering chapter in polar history.

Explore by Zodiac beneath sheer sandstone cliffs that shelter nesting seabirds. The team positions the boat for safe views of ledges alive with life and the sculpted scree fans that meet the cold sea.

Hear how geology and currents concentrate food along cliff bases, drawing murres and gulls in season. Keep watch along the shoreline for movement—a fox on patrol or seals hauled out on ice if conditions align.

From deck and Zodiac, scan the ice edges where life gathers—ringed and bearded seals surfacing along new skim ice and floes riding quiet swells. Guides explain leads, polynyas, and how predators track openings in the pack.

The hush of these quiet, far-north waterways invites patience. With binoculars ready, learn to read subtle cues on the water—ripples, birds working a line, sudden breath in the cold air.

Go ashore in Igloolik to meet community hosts and hear how Inuit lifeways shaped by sea ice continue today. Walk the hamlet’s shoreline, noting sled routes, working boats, and storied names that map generations to the land.

Discover the meaning behind Igloolik—“there is a house here”—and how seasonal rhythms guide hunting, travel, and celebration. Respectful conversations bring nuance to Arctic history and contemporary life.

Land by Zodiac at Harkin Bay and walk among more than a hundred inuksuit at Inuksuk Point. These ancient wayfinding markers rise from the tundra like silhouettes, each with a purpose—guidance, hunting aid, or message across time.

On the windswept Foxe Peninsula, your guide shares how stone, skyline, and memory intertwine in Inuit culture. Photographs capture forms against the sea, but it’s the quiet significance that lingers.

Go ashore in Kinngait to learn why it is renowned for Inuit printmaking and sculpture. Meet local guides, hear about stone selection and themes drawn from daily life and wildlife, and, if schedules align, visit an artists’ co-operative to see works in progress.

From mid-century prints to contemporary carvings, Kinngait’s artistry has traveled worldwide. Shore time also reveals a working Arctic coastline—boats, tides, and the rhythm of a creative community.

From the bow and observation decks, watch shallow polar sea light play across drift ice while scanning for walrus haul-outs. Guides point out floe edges and resting pans where these powerful pinnipeds gather.

Learn how the basin’s broad shelf nurtures rich bivalve beds that feed walrus, and why tides and wind constantly redraw the ice map. Quiet patience often rewards with distant grunts, tusks, and whiskered faces.

Cross the channel that funnels weather and tide between Baffin Island and northern Québec. Feel the ship work powerful tides and wind funnels while you frame open strait vistas and scan active seabird flyways.

Guides explain how Atlantic and Arctic waters meet here, shaping fast currents and shifting fronts. It’s a moving classroom for reading sea states, cloud banks, and the anatomy of a high-latitude passage.

Circle the base of Hantzsch Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary by Zodiac to hear the living roar of crowded bird cliffs. Guides keep a respectful distance while you study flight lines of auks and gulls stitching the air above black-green water.

Geology, nutrients, and wind create ideal nesting ledges in this remote corner of Hudson Strait. Late-season light and weather lend drama to the rock, sea, and wingbeat choreography.

Slip into a drysuit, settle your spray skirt, and paddle in a small group with a polar guide among ice pans and sheltered coves. Kayaks offer a hush that brings you closer to the soft clink of ice and the texture of glacier-scored rock.

This is an optional activity at additional cost, bookable on tour and strictly weather- and safety-dependent. Group size is limited to keep the experience quiet, focused, and nimble.

Join the expedition photographer for targeted field time, refining composition, exposure, and ice-metering while chasing dramatic Arctic light. With fewer guests aboard, the driver can reposition for texture on sea ice, cliff lines, and wildlife at ethical distances.

This workshop is an optional add-on at additional cost, bookable on tour and subject to conditions. It suits keen beginners and enthusiasts looking to elevate polar imagery without missing core landings.

Begin your voyage in Greenland’s capital as you meet the Expedition Team and receive a thorough safety and Zodiac briefing. From deck, take in Nuuk’s colourful waterfront set against mountain-backed fjords, where small fishing boats and modern life share the deep inlet.

Get a clear picture of the sailing plan toward Baffin Island, sea-ice expectations, and wildlife protocols. This focused introduction anchors the expedition mindset—respect for weather, ice, and communities—before casting off into Greenland’s grand fjord system.