Arctic cruises on Svalbard
As an Arctic and Svalbard tour operator Arctic Wildlife Tours uses different expedition vessels along with land based camps. Our small ship Arctic cruises spesialises for wildlife encounters along with Arctic scenery. All the ships we use has an ice strengthened hull and we can use them in different types of ice. We are continuously improving the range of ships we are chartering. This to make the trips as good as possible and use the make our travels flexible and adapted to different purposes.
No matter what, the main purpose with using any of our ships is to give the customer a great experience from the High Arctic around Svalbard and Greenland. We are one of the most experienced Svalbard small ship tour operators in this category. We do not organize cruises; we rather like to look at it as we are offering our guests a unique platform to stay and live on during their Arctic adventures.
Some vessels we use has a very high ice class, like a SEALER witch is equal to the modern ICE 5, which is one of the strongest ships you can find on Svalbard. We also use more moderate ice strengthened ships like 1B and 1C class. These are also enough to navigate into icy waters. The most important factor whne navigating in Arctic and Svalbard waters is the crew memebers and their experience. A good skipper is often more important than the vessel in itself.
