Seabourn Announces Expedition Voyages For Summer

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Seabourn has announced a line-up of adventurous voyages for the summer of 2023 to be conducted on their two new expedition ships, Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit. These will be the line’s first-ever voyages to the Northeast and Northwest Passages in the Arctic, where guests will discover two of the world’s most remote and unique landscapes.

Seabourn Venture will depart July 29, 2023, for a 26-day journey across the Northeast Passage from Tromsø, Norway to Nome, Alaska. Its sister ship, Seabourn Pursuit, scheduled to launch in March 2023, will offer a 21-day adventure to the Northwest Passage departing August 27, 2023, from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland to Nome. The expedition ships will be designed and built for diverse environments to PC6 Polar Class standards, with advanced technology to maneuver in these regions.

Seabourn’s Northeast Passage and Northwest Passage expeditions will trace the footsteps of great explorers and deliver a number of authentic, engaging experiences. Highlights of these voyages, as well as the summer 2023 season on Seabourn Venture and Seabourn Pursuit, include:

26-day Journey Across the Northeast Passage on Seabourn Venture – July 29, 2023
A remote and sparsely inhabited area, the Northeast Passage is a voyage of discovery that very few have ever taken. Among the many highlights guests may experience on this journey are:

  • Navigate across the top of Norway and Arctic Russia and grasp the sheer immensity of this region.
  • Revel in the dichotomy of microscopic delicate flora surviving in immeasurably huge frozen landscapes.
  • Search for marine life and enigmatic polar bears on Wrangel Island.
  • Contemplate sea ice and understand how its presence has shaped the history of this region.
  • Search for marine wildlife in the water and seabirds nesting on cliffs or tundra slopes on shore.
  • Explore the transformative nature of the area and the impacts that climate change is having on the people, wildlife and landscapes through which the ship passes.

The ship will visit a number of interesting destinations throughout the expedition, including:

  • Storstappen Island, a hotspot for hundreds of thousands of breeding seabirds
  • Mumansk, Russia, with activities including a visit to the Nuclear Icebreaker Lenin
  • Sailing the Barents Sea, where nutrient-rich waters host a bevy of migratory sea birds and marine mammals
  • Novaya Zemlya, Russia, where guests can explore the islands in the remote Russian High Arctic via hike, kayak, and Zodiac
  • Franz Joseph Land, an archipelago of 192 islands in the Russian Arctic National Park where polar bears, Atlantic walruses, bowhead whales, and ivory gulls are among its protected species
  • Wrangel Island, Russia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located well above the Arctic Circle that is often referred to as a polar bear “nursery”
  • Provideniya, Russia, the former Soviet military port where a tour will take in a stunning local museum and a visit to the Cultural Center for tea, music, and dance

21-Day Journey Across the Northwest Passage on Seabourn Pursuit – August 27, 2023
Seabourn Pursuit will offer an incredible opportunity to travel one of the most storied passages in the world from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Notable experiences include:

  • Navigate through the most infamous passages in the world, one whose history of exploration is more fascinating than any other region on the planet.
  • Contemplate the lonely resting sites of the Franklin Expedition on the wild and stark Beechy Island.
  • Explore small Inuit towns such as Cambridge Bay and see how modern life has transformed the people of the Arctic.
  • Ponder the ice situation in Bellot Strait, where the ship will need to navigate through a narrow and challenging geographical gap.
  • Search for marine wildlife both in the water and on any sea ice that may be encountered.

In addition, the ship will visit a number of destinations, including:

  • Sisimiut, Greenland’s second-largest city with the best-preserved historic church in the country
  • Ilulissat, which in Greenlandic means “iceberg,” located at the terminus of the Jakobshavn Glacier, which calves spectacularly into the sea
  • Pond Inlet in Nunavut, Canada, where local Inuit residents will guide a walk through town
  • Croker Bay at Devon Island, the world’s largest uninhabited island in Baffin Bay off the coast of Nunavut
  • Nine days tracing the Northwest Passage, where the expedition team will deploy the kayaks, Zodiacs, and submarines for naturalist-led experiences set on a flexible schedule that’s guided by ice
  • Five days sailing along Canada’s Northwest and Yukon Territories via the Beaufort Sea, with the expedition team on the lookout for seabirds and marine mammals en route to the journey’s end in Nome, a town born from the discovery of gold in 1898

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