Arctic cruises

Arctic cruises are becoming an increasingly popular choice. For a long time it was cruises to Antarctica that were most popular. But come on, who wants to see a penguin and a few seals when the alternative is to see a polar bear in the wild. There's a few other reasons that the cruises to the Arctic are becoming increasingly popular

One is that cruising itself is becoming increasingly popular so cruise liners are having to do more to really distinguish their services from their competitors. Heading up to the Arctic is one way to do this. There are a few different ways that an Arctic cruise can happen

One is as part of a wider European cruise. On these cruise you'll perhaps take in Copenhagen in Denmark, taking a bicycle around the city, then heading up to Norway and checking out the fjords, before heading up to Arctic circle and checking out the Arctic for a little while. This is of course an excellent choice. Just visiting the Arctic can perhaps be not enough for people who want to go on a number of different shore-excursions to a wide variety of different places and when you're heading up to Arctic this is simply not so easy to do there is no land to stop on once you've gone north of Svalbard

However, if you really want to go to the Arctic and see exactly what it has to offer then you need to go with someone who really knows the Arctic well and is confident enough in its ability and the thrill of the Arctic that they are prepared to predict that there will be more than enough for you to enjoy on a two week cruise (perhaps) up to the Arctic. There are a few important expert tips to bear in mind before you choose which provider to take an Arctic cruise with

Perhaps the best expert tip is to go with a cruise line that offers Arctic cruises that operate not on a conventional cruise ship with swimming pools and many shops etc, but something that's a little less suited to tropical climes and a little more suited to busting ice and smashing through any small icebergs that are in the way. Take a cruise with Polar Star expeditions and you'll find that they have only use an old Norwegian ice-breaker when they take cruises out to the Arctic in the Arctic summer. They spend the rest of the year when the Arctic is not ice-free down on the other side of the world doing Antarctic cruises, when that part of the world is ice-free in the European winter time.