Northwest Passage
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Follow in the footsteps of the great Arctic explorers such as Franklin, Amundsen and Larsen by exploring the archipelago of islands and channels that create Canada's High Arctic region. The wildlife is spectacular, being home to polar bear, the barren ground grizzly bear, musk ox, caribou and walrus.
There is plenty of historical interest and the stories of that ill-fated expedition by Sir John Franklin nearly 170 years ago is central to any voyage. Franklin made his last heroic foray into the Arctic in 1845 with two ships and 129 men, never to be heard from again. The fate of the expedition remained a mystery until September 2014 when one of the vessels, HMS Erebus, was discovered in a remarkable state of preservation in the frigid waters of Victoria Strait. The find is undoubtedly one of the great archeological discoveries of the last 100 years and has been likened to the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb. This is small ship expedition cruising at its best.
Due to climte change, it has become possible to traverse the entire Northwest Passage (Click here to read about Aaron Russ' Northwest Passage Traverse in 2015.) from Greenland to Alaska.