Aqua-Firma, the wilderness travel company, has unveiled a new ‘Ultimate Spitsbergen’ portfolio to add to its existing range of once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The Aqua-Firma team has in-depth experience of polar travel – so travellers who pick up the phone in search of a perfect polar experience will be advised by an expert who leads polar expeditions; is a qualified marine scientist; has scuba dived both North and South poles; or may have kayaked with walruses!
The new ‘Ultimate Spitsbergen’ portfolio gives guests the opportunity to explore or revisit the polar archipelago alongside wildlife and marine life polar experts. Aqua-Firma offers safe and responsible small ship and sailing voyages to explore some stunning mountain, glacier and fjord coastline in search of polar bears, whales, walruses, Arctic foxes and more; and by Autumn, opportunities to witness the Northern Lights.
Lying 600 miles from the North Pole, Spitsbergen is an ideal location for exploring the vast array of Arctic marine and wildlife. With 2,000 to 3,000 polar bears, hundreds of thousands of migrating birds, and pods of Blue, Fin, Beluga, Minke and Humpback whales, voyagers can expect exciting opportunities to photograph and observe Arctic animals amongst the vast polar wilderness.
An adventure highlight of the portfolio includes a new and unique Norway to Bear Island Arctic Sailing Voyage. This hands on sailing adventure gives people the chance to play their part in an expedition across the Arctic Ocean. The voyage begins in Northern Norway where the team will search for marine life amongst some of Europe’s most beautiful and wild islands and fjords. The yacht will then head across the Arctic Ocean to the incredibly remote Bear Island before reaching South Spitsbergen. This voyage will run in the Arctic Spring when sea ice fringed southern Spitsbergen offers opportunities for polar bear sightings, as well as the chance to see whales and huge waves of migratory birds. Aqua-Firma marine scientist, Charlotte Caffrey, will be on board to provide an insight into whales and other wildlife spotted throughout the voyage.
For more information, please call 01428 620012 or visit www.aqua-firma.co.uk.
Photo Credit:Â www.Aqua-Firma.co.uk and Stuart Ward.
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