Day 1 - Longyearbyen

Arrive: Sat 30 May 2026

Longyearbyen is a small coal-mining town on Spitsbergen Island, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. This Arctic town is known for its views of the Northern Lights. The modern Svalbard Museum chronicles the region’s natural and cultural history. It includes a stuffed polar bear. Live bears can occasionally be seen in the area. The North Pole Expeditions Museum recounts early efforts to reach the pole by air.

Day 2 - Longyearbyen

Depart: Sun 31 May 2026

Day 3 - Hornsund, Norway

Arrive: Mon 01 June 2026 / Depart: Mon 01 June 2026

Hornsund is a fjord on the western side of the southernmost tip of Spitsbergen island. The fjord's mouth faces west to the Greenland Sea, and is 12 kilometres wide. The length is 30 kilometres, the mean depth is 90 metres, and the maximal depth is 260 metres

Day 4 - Bellsund

Arrive: Tue 02 June 2026 / Depart: Tue 02 June 2026

Bellsund is a 20-kilometer long sound on the west coast of Spitsbergen, part of the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. It is separated from Van Mijenfjorden by the islands of Akseløya and Mariaholmen. Bellsund is located south of Nordenskiöld Land and north of Wedel Jarlsberg Land.

Day 5 - Spitsbergen

Arrive: Wed 03 June 2026

Spitsbergen is the largest and only permanently populated island of the Svalbard archipelago in northern Norway. Constituting the westernmost bulk of the archipelago, it borders the Arctic Ocean, the Norwegian Sea, and the Greenland Sea.

Day 6 - Spitsbergen

Depart: Thu 04 June 2026

Day 7 - Ice edge attempt?

Day 8 - Alesund

Arrive: Sat 06 June 2026 / Depart: Sat 06 June 2026

Ny-Ålesund is a small town in Oscar II Land on the island of Spitsbergen in Svalbard, Norway. It is situated on the Brøgger peninsula and on the shore of the bay of Kongsfjorden. The company town is owned and operated by Kings Bay, which provides facilities for permanent research institutes from ten countries.