Spitsbergen, Iceland, Faroe Islands: Island Hopping in and around the Arctic (Southbound, Extended Stay, to Kiel)
An 18-day late-season (October) variant of the southbound island-hopping route, extended at both ends: two extra hosted days in Longyearbyen before boarding, and a longer run home through Iceland's southeast coast, the Faroes and Shetland to a finish through the Kiel Canal to Kiel, rather than Bergen. The line markets the darkening October light and more active pack-ice wildlife at this end of the season.
- Operated by: HX Expeditions
- Ship: MS Spitsbergen
- Length: 17 nights
- Regions: Svalbard, Arctic, Iceland, British Isles, Norway, Faroe Islands
- Wildlife: Late-season Svalbard in October twilight (more active polar bears, hauled-out walrus, returning whales) island-hopping south to the Kiel Canal
- From: $11,185 per person
- Season: 2028
- Next departures: 2028-09-21
- Route: Oslo → Longyearbyen → Spitsbergen → Jan Mayen → Iceland (north and southeast coast) → Húsavík → Faroe Islands → Elduvík → Tórshavn → Shetland Islands → Kiel Canal → Kiel
The ship
- MS Spitsbergen: 150 guests, built 2009
Departures
- 2028-09-21: $11,185
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