Northwest Passage & Wild Labrador Coast Cruise

Day 1 - Anchorage

Arrive: Sat 29 August 2026 / Depart: Sat 29 August 2026 at 17:00

Day 2 - At Sea

Day 3 - At Sea

Day 4 - At Sea

Day 5 - Nome, Alaska

Arrive: Wed 02 September 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Wed 02 September 2026

Day 6 - At Sea

Day 7 - At Sea

Day 8 - At Sea

Day 9 - Herschel Island, Yukon Territory, Canada

Arrive: Sun 06 September 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Sun 06 September 2026

Day 10 - Northwest Passage Experience

Day 11 - At Sea

Day 12 - Northwest Passage Experience

Day 13 - Cambridge Bay Village

Day 14 - Northwest Passage Experience

Day 15 - Northwest Passage Experience

Day 16 - Northwest Passage Experience

Day 17 - Northwest Passage Experience

Day 18 - Nunavut Canada

Arrive: Tue 15 September 2026 / Depart: Tue 15 September 2026

Croker Bay is an Arctic waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the southern coast of Devon Island in the eastern high Arctic. Like Maxwell Bay to the west, it is an arm of Lancaster Sound and Barrow Strait. The abandoned Dundas Harbour is 32.1 miles to the east.

Day 18 - Dundas Harbour, Nunavut, Canada

Arrive: Tue 15 September 2026 at 14:00 / Depart: Tue 15 September 2026 at 20:00

Croker Bay is a 35 kilometer (20 miles) deep fjord on the southern shore of Devon Island and is flanked by colorful 450 metre (1,500’) high table-like mountains. The tidewater glacier at its head descends 20 kilometers (12 miles) from the icefield at the center of the island and terminates in spectacular cliffs of ice. Some 3.5 kilometers (2 miles) wide, the glacial front calves huge amounts of ice into the bay. Here polar bears, seals and even a pod of beluga whales can be seen travelling amongst the brash ice. To the east is the abandoned community of Dundas Harbour. The derelict buildings of the R.C.M.P. post are all that remain and serve as a silent reminder to the 52 Inuit that came here in 1934. Here, set amongst a landscape aglow in the colors of Arctic Autumn, lay the stark white crosses and picket fence enclosure of one of the most northerly cemeteries on Earth. Nearby, 1,000 year old stone remains of earlier Inuit settlers can be found.

Day 19 - Pond Inlet

Arrive: Wed 16 September 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Wed 16 September 2026 at 12:00

Day 20 - At Sea

Day 21 - Ilulissat, Greenland

Arrive: Fri 18 September 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Fri 18 September 2026 at 14:00

Located in Disco Bay, Ilulissat is home to Sermeq Kujalleq, the fastest-moving glacier in the world. This tremendous river of ice flows from the Greenland Ice Shield toward the sea, funneling through a narrow opening at nearly 40 meters a day. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is the “Mother of Icebergs” that fills its fjord and the bay with great quantities of floating icebergs that parade down the bay and into the Atlantic Ocean. No formal excursions are planned for the town, which is home to about 4,600 people and some 3,500 sled dogs.

Day 22 - Sisimiut, Greenland

Arrive: Sat 19 September 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Sat 19 September 2026 at 16:30

Sisimiut is Greenland’s second-largest town, and large by Greenland standards, housing some 6,000 people. It is located just north of the Arctic Circle, and is a popular base for visitors seeking adventurous pastimes in the surrounding country. Although there are no shore excursions planned for Sisimiut, guests may wish to investigate the local market, where the products of the country are sold, including meat from whales, reindeer, musk oxen and many kinds of fish. Watch for the stocky little Icelandic horses trotting along the highways, and keep an eye out for sea eagles often seen perched on the surrounding mountains. Whales are also often seen in the sea nearby. On the hill above the harbor, there is an artisan’s workshop where they create and sell Inuit crafts, and nearby is the town museum, which has examples of colonial period houses, peat houses and other early buildings.

Day 23 - Nuuk Godthaab

Arrive: Sun 20 September 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Sun 20 September 2026 at 16:30

Greenland’s capital boasts some 16,000 inhabitants. Although the town does not offer us any shore excursions, there are several attractions which guests may wish to visit. One is the roofed town market, where the products of the nearby sea and wilderness are for sale, including the meat of whales, seals, birds and fish. The Katuaq Cultural Center offers changing exhibitions. Especially worth a visit is the National Museum, which besides many historic objects, contains the quite famous 500-year old mummies recovered from Qilakitsoq. The nearby Museum of Art has works by both Inuit and Nordic artists. There is also an artisan’s center where guests may purchase locally produced works, and a collection of traditional houses.

Day 24 - Kangerlussuaq

Arrive: Mon 21 September 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Mon 21 September 2026

In October, 1941 the United States Army Air Force constructed an airbase at the site of Kangerlussuaq. It served as a refuelling stop for single-engine military aircraft being flown to Britain during World War II. Form their last port of call, Goose Bay, Labrador, it was 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to Kangerlussuaq until they could refuel. Kangerlussuaq fjord (‘Big Fjord’), is 170 kilometers (105 miles) long and was often shrouded in fog, providing a serious navigation problem for those aircrews. Today, with the use of modern technology, navigation is no longer an issue. The landscape was ideal for the site of an airport. A large alluvial plain, deposited by the nearby glacial-outflow river, provided a perfectly flat environment for an airport. Kangerlussuaq is the largest commercial airport in Greenland and supports a population of 500. A little known fact, from 1971 to 1987, 33 missiles from various countries, were fired from Kangerlussuaq for upper atmospheric scientific research.

Day 25 - At Sea

Day 26 - Pangnirtung

Arrive: Wed 23 September 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Wed 23 September 2026 at 14:00

Day 26 - Kekerten Island

Arrive: Wed 23 September 2026 at 07:30 / Depart: Wed 23 September 2026 at 18:00

Day 27 - Nunavut Canada

Arrive: Thu 24 September 2026 at 08:00 / Depart: Thu 24 September 2026 at 12:00

Lady Franklin Island, is an uninhabited Baffin Island offshore island located in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The island lies in Davis Strait, 25 mi from Hall Peninsula. There are at least seven smaller, unnamed islands off its northwest shore.

Day 27 - Monumental Island

Arrive: Thu 24 September 2026 / Depart: Thu 24 September 2026

Montserrat is a mountainous Caribbean island, part of the Lesser Antilles chain and a British Overseas Territory. Its Soufrière Hills volcano erupted in the 1990s, causing significant damage to the south of the island and leading to the creation of an exclusion zone. The north of the island is largely unaffected, and has black-sand beaches, coral reefs, cliffs and shoreline caves.

Day 28 - Lower Savage Islands, Canada

Arrive: Fri 25 September 2026 / Depart: Fri 25 September 2026

Day 28 - Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada

Day 29 - Nachvak Fjord

Arrive: Sat 26 September 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Sat 26 September 2026 at 19:00

Day 30 - Ramah Bay, Torngat Mts, Canada

Day 30 - Rose Island, Torngat Mts, Canada

Day 31 - Hebron, NL, Canada

Arrive: Mon 28 September 2026 / Depart: Mon 28 September 2026 at 17:00

Day 32 - Nain, Canada

Arrive: Tue 29 September 2026 at 09:30 / Depart: Tue 29 September 2026 at 17:00

Day 33 - Indian Harbour, NL, Canada

Day 34 - Battle Harbour, Canada

Arrive: Thu 01 October 2026 / Depart: Thu 01 October 2026

Day 34 - L'Anse aux Meadows

Arrive: Thu 01 October 2026 at 14:00 / Depart: Thu 01 October 2026 at 19:00

Located at the most northerly tip of Newfoundland, L'Anse aux Meadows is nestled near the fishing village of St. Anthony. It is the site of the first European settlement in the New World, approximately 500 years before Columbus' arrival. Other Norse groups had relocated from their homelands to the New World. In 1961, explorer and writer Helge Instad discovered a group of large mounds in the countryside. These mounds were excavated revealing the remains of a Norse settlement. This site became L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Park in 1977 and is noted on the UNESCO World Heritage List of important cultural properties. The site at L'Anse aux Meadows has been completely excavated allowing visitors to see the remains of the homes, a smithy, and various worksheds. The park's interpretive center displays Norse artifacts from the excavation which include iron rivets, a flywheel and the floorboard of a boat. Researchers still debate as to whether the site at L'Anse aux Meadows is Leif Eriksson's 'Vinland,' a lush, beautiful area where he settled in for the winter around the year 1000. Parks Canada will greet you on disembarking the ship and you may explore at leisure this first settlement of the New World.

Day 35 - At Sea

Day 35 - At Sea

Day 36 - At Sea

Day 37 - At Sea

Day 37 - At Sea

Day 38 - Halifax

Arrive: Mon 05 October 2026 at 07:00 / Depart: Mon 05 October 2026

With its exceptionally delightful harbor side setting, early Europeans were first attracted to Halifax in 1749 with the establishment here of a military outpost by Colonel Cornwallis. The ports natural advantages of a well-protected harbor and close proximity to major fishing grounds resulted in its growth into a major military base and sea port. The peninsula has had several major immigrations during its history; English, French, German, Irish and Scottish have come in substantial numbers at various times. Travelers familiar with the South Pacific will find it interesting to know that Captain James Cook, whose explorations defined most of the Pacific Basin for Europeans, also spent four years in Halifax charting Nova Scotia and the waters of the St. Lawrence. A college town, Halifax has an exhilarating and youthful air about it, as evidenced by many bicyclists and skateboarders. The heart of Halifax offers wonderful restaurants and shopping, galleries, museums, and sites of historic interest including the Naval Dockyard, which dates from 1757, and St. Paul's Church. Heading out of town, the wonders of nature are to be found in the form of the sea, with the smell of salty air, cool ocean breezes, and the powerful force of waves crashing against the rugged shoreline.