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Svalbard & Northeast Greenland

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Svalbard is a Norwegian Arctic archipelago situated roughly midway between mainland Norway and the North Pole, while Northeast Greenland is home to the world's largest national park, Northeast Greenland National Park. Together, these remote destinations are among the most dramatic wilderness frontiers on Earth, defined by vast glaciers, polar ice caps, towering fjords, and wildlife including polar bears, Arctic foxes, walruses, and musk oxen. Travellers come for expedition cruises, dog sledding, snowmobiling, and ski touring in winter, and midnight sun wildlife safaris and glacier hikes in summer — all in landscapes almost untouched by human presence.

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Itineraries

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We estimate you can save 55% over G Adventures's tour.

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Svalbard & Northeast Greenland · 14 days

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Arctic Fjords & Glaciers: Self-Launched Greenland & Spitsbergen

A self-launched version of G Adventures' 14-day Arctic expedition — but instead of a 134-passenger expedition ship, you build it from the ground up in Longyearbyen and the fjords of Svalbard, using a mix of budget guesthouses, small-boat day trips, self-guided hikes and, where you want a genuine Northeast Greenland landfall, one short passage on a smaller expedition/sailing vessel booked directly. This is the honest trade-off: independent Arctic travel can't fully replicate a 13-night expedition cruise into Scoresbysund on a tight budget, but you can get polar bears, glaciers and fjord scenery for a fraction of the price. Harbour guesthouses in Longyearbyen run roughly £90–130/night in high season (Svalbard is expensive — there's no budget-hack escape from that), but a 6–8 day Svalbard-focused version with day boats and hikes is where the real savings sit. All costs are approximate per person.

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