Arctic : Around Spitsbergen

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Prices are per person, based on a twin cabin - please contact us for details of quad, triple, single and superior cabins.

Adventure options:
≠ Kayaking is available on this voyage: £330 per person on board the Akademik Sergey Vavilov; £239 per person on board the MS Expedition

Prices include 
Akademik Vavilov: Arrival transfers will be provided for all flights arriving from noon (12:00) the day prior to embarkation. These will include airport-hotel/town transfers and hotel/town-ship transfers. Travellers who arrive before noon will have to make their own airport transfer arrangements • On disembarkation all passengers will be transferred into town, and later that day on to the airport. Travellers extending their stay beyond the day of disembarkation will have to make their own transfer arrangements • Shipboard accommodation with daily housekeeping • All breakfasts, lunches and dinners on board throughout your voyage. (Please inform us of any dietary requirements as far in advance as possible. Unfortunately, the ships’ galleys cannot prepare kosher meals.) • Coffee, tea, cocoa available around the clock • Leadership throughout the voyage by our experienced Expedition Leader, including shore landings and other activities • All shore landings per the daily program • All Zodiac transfers and cruising per the daily program • Formal and informal presentations by our Expedition Team and guest speakers as scheduled • Photographic Album on DVD, documenting the voyage • A pair of waterproof expedition boots on loan for shore landings • A Quark Expeditions parka – yours to keep • Hair dryer and bathrobe in every cabin • Comprehensive pre-departure materials, including a map and an informative Arctic Reader • All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program • All luggage handling aboard ship • Emergency Evacuation Insurance for all passengers to a maximum benefit of $100,000 per person.
M/S Expedition: Return airport transfers if arriving on day of embarkation and departing on day of disembarkation • Shipboard accommodation with daily housekeeping• All breakfasts, lunches and dinners on board throughout your voyage•Leadership throughout the voyage by our experienced Expedition Leader, including shore landings and other activities • All shore landings per the daily program•All Zodiac transfers and cruising per the daily program•Formal and informal presentations by our Expedition Team and guest speakers as scheduled • Spitsbergen Guidebook (provided locally) • All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program • Loan of rubber boots during voyage

Prices exclude
Akademik Vavilov: Return airfares from the UK to Longyearbyen (please contact our team for your tailor-made quotation and best fares available at time of booking) • Additional airport or airline security charges • Passport and visa expenses (we will be pleased to advise you on any necessary documentation, however this is passengers' own responsibility) • Government arrival and departure taxes • Optional kayaking • Any additional pre or post voyage accommodation/land arrangements (if required) - please contact our team should you require assistance • Any meals ashore with the exception of breakfast at the host hotel in Longyearbyen • Excess baggage charges (luggage limit on flights is approx. 23kg per person) • Alcoholic and soft drinks, telecommunication charges, laundry costs and other charges of a personal nature • The customary gratuity at the end of the voyage for Hospitality Team members, ship’s crew and Expedition Team members (guidelines will be provided) • On icebreakers, based on weather and other operational considerations, helicopters may be available for private charter flights. When available, the cost of private charter flights will be at the hourly rate to be announced on board • Cancellation, baggage and travel insurance is strongly recommended (please see the travel insurance that Discover the World offers) 
M/S Expedition: Return airfares from the UK to Longyearbyen • Any additional pre or post voyage accommodation/land arrangements•Additional airport or airline security charges • Passport and visa expenses (we will be pleased to advise you on any necessary documentation, however this is passengers' own responsibility) • Government arrival and departure taxes • Excess baggage charges • Alcoholic and soft drinks, telecommunication charges, laundry costs and other charges of a personal nature • The customary gratuity at the end of the voyage for Hospitality Team members, ship’s crew and Expedition Team members (guidelines will be provided) • Cancellation, baggage and travel insurance is strongly recommended (please see the travel insurance that Discover the World offers) • Jackets are not provided on board the MS Expedition; passengers must provide their own outdoor clothing appropriate for shore landings.