Svalbard & the Arctic Circle: Hinlopen Route (7 Nights)
The northern of the two week-long Svalbard loops from Longyearbyen, threading the Hinlopen Strait to the bird cliffs of Alkefjellet and along the front of Brasvellbreen, one of the longest glacier faces in the northern hemisphere, with a call in historic Sorgfjorden.
- Operated by: Aqua Expeditions
- Ship: Aqua Lares
- Length: 7 nights
- Regions: Arctic, Europe
- Wildlife: Brünnich’s guillemots in the tens of thousands on Alkefjellet’s basalt cliffs, polar bears and walrus along the Hinlopen Strait, kittiwakes at the glacier fronts
- Season: Jun-Sep Arctic season · alternates with the southern fjords route
- Route: Longyearbyen → Hinlopen Strait → Alkefjellet → Brasvellbreen → Sorgfjorden → Longyearbyen
The ship
- Aqua Lares: 30 guests, built 1974
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