Arctic adventure tours, outdoor travels, expeditions 2012

East Greenland Summer Adventure

Expedition to the most spectacular glaciers of the Ammassalik District and to the crystal world of the Sermilik Ice-fjord: 18 days in East Greenland's remotest fjords; hikes through colorful valleys, abundant with flowers, mountains, creeks full of salmon.

Dates:
09.07. – 26.07.2012
26.07. – 12.08.2012

Thule - Dogsledge Expedition (North-Greenland)

Explore a fascinating polar wilderness in winter. You'll be travelling with Polar Inuit at 78 degrees North by fair means, like Robert E. Peary and other Arctic Pioneers did! This is a very rare opportunity to experience the old 'World of the Eskimo' and a spectacular Arctic adventure.

Date:
09.04. – 27.04.2012

Antarctica

An extraordinary cruise by ice-breaker to the Antarctic Peninsula, to Falkland, South Georgia and to the South Shetland Islands.
Fascinating landscapes in a hostile environment abounding of life. Unique opportunities for animal observation: Penguin colonies, sea-elephants, seals.... Above: albatrosses and many other Antarctic birds!

Dates:
10. 01.2012 - 28.01.2012

Patagonia - Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)

Highlights of this travel adventure: Tango in Buenos Aires, Bariloche - Argentina's mountainous jewel with beautiful lakes; petrified forests; the most fascinating mountains on earth: Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre ; famous Perito Moreno-glacier; and very spectacular: Paine National Park in Chile; legendary Punta Arenas, wind-swept forests at the Beagle Channel; Ushuaia, southernmost city; finally, the end of the Panamericana. Above all: many, many animals - very close!

Dates:
04.02. – 03.03.2012

Kamchatka - Siberia: To the Land of Fire and Ice

Voyage through the untouched vast expanse of East-Siberia:
To the people of the taiga, Ewenkans and Koryaks, to the land of bears, king-salmons, snow-covered active vulcanoes and moon-like landscapes.

Dates:
15.06. - 05.07.12
06.07. - 26.07.12
*27.07. - 16.08.12
*03.08. - 23.08.12
*17.08. - 06.09.12
24.08. - 13.09.12

Spitsbergen - East Greenland Cruise

With an expedition ship to selected highlights of the high Arctic
Along the coast of Spitsbergen and to the most inaccessible national park of
Northeast Greenland with day tours and zodiac excursions.

Dates:
25.08. - 08.09.2012

Franz Josef Land

To Polar Bears and Walrus Colonies in the extreme North of Europe: 13-day Voyage to the Top of the World
By Icebreaker through the Polar Ocean, following the traces of famous Polar Explorers

Dates:
17.07 – 29.07.2012

Alaska Adventure

To the great National Parks of Southern Alaska.
To calving glaciers, America's highest mountain Mt. McKinley, mighty elks and grizzlys, to sea-otters, seals and whales....

Dates:
15.05. - 30.05.12 (Alaska in spring)
04.09. - 19.09.12 (Alaska in autumn colors: “Indian Summer”)

Circumnavigating Svalbard

with the Expedition-Ship M/V Plancius to Polar Bears, walruses and masses of birds

Dates:
04.07.2012 - 13.07.2012
12.07.2012 - 21.07.2012
22.07.2012 - 31.07.2012
31.07.2012 - 09.08.2012 (full)
28.07.2012 - 06.08.2012