Three Cities, Two Countries and One North Pole
Five countries lay claim to the North Pole, but there’s only one country that has an icebreaker that can take you all the way to the top of the World – Russia....
Alex Burridge
Managing Director
In 2001/2 I undertook the first of many voyages to the High Arctic & Antarctica. The Polar regions became a passion for me. My experience and knowledge gained whilst working as Peregrine’s Polar Expeditions Manager, working with Quark Expeditions and One Ocean Expeditions, allows me to offer expert advice to ensure your trip south really is the trip of a lifetime. In July 2018 is re-visited the Arctic, this time on an ice-breaker the 50 Years of Victory to the top of the world; the North Pole.
Places Visited:
ARCTIC:
North Pole
Franz Josef Land; Champ Island, Graham Bell Island, Hooker Island, Tikhaya Bukhta, Rubini Rock, Markham Strait & Barents Sea
Svalbard (Spitsbergen): Longyearbyen, Alkhornet, Monaco Glacier, Phippsoya, Kapp Lee, Hornsund, Moffen Island, Worseleyneset, Smeerenburg, Ny Alesund, Kvitoya, Barentsoya, Edgeoya & Poole Pynten
ANTARCTICA:
Antarctic Peninsula: (Brown Bluff, Deception Island, Lemaire Channel, Cuverville Island, Port Lockroy, Neko Harbor,Paulet Island, Petermann Island, Yalour Islands, Weddell Sea, Wilhelmina Bay, Snow Hill Island – Emperor penguin colony), Gerlache Strait, Fournier Bay, Danco Island, Neumeyer Channel, Orne Harbour, Pendulum Cove, Baily Head and Fort Point Elephant Island,
Falkland Islands: Port Stanley, West Point Island, Saunders Island, Bleaker Island, Steeple Jason and Carcass Island
South Georgia: Salisbury Plain, Gold Harbour, Fortuna Bay, Stromness, Grytviken, Prince Olav Harbour and King Haakon Bay
Argentina: Buenos Aires, El Calafate, El Chalten, Perito Moreno Glacier, Ushuaia
Trekked: Mt Fitz Roy
Ships travelled on/inspected; Akademik Sergey Vavilov, Akademik Ioffe, Sea Spirit, Kapitan Khlebnikov (Ice-breaker), Silver Explorer, Sea Adventurer, Polar Pioneer & 50 Years of Victory (50 Let Pobedy)
Read Articles from Alex’s Arctic Travels:
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The Three Best Arctic Islands to See Polar Bears
Polar bears can be found right throughout the high Arctic from Canada across to Russia. With that being said, the chances of seeing bears on a cruise to Canadian High Arctic, or to Greenland are lower (they are still seen but less frequently) than on the following three High Arctic destinations. ...
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90 Degrees North – Voyage to the North Pole
An incredible voyage to the Top of the World - the North Pole...