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Join like-minded travelers onboard a research vessel, an ice-breaker or travel in style aboard a specially built luxury expedition yacht.

Vessels have been hand-selected for their ability to navigate the oceans' most terrific passageways, and explore isolated regions that are out of reach to the large cruiselines and traditional means of travel. We're here to give honest and objective information to help find the best trip and ship to take you far beyond ordinary travel.

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What is an Expedition Cruise?

An expedition cruise takes you on specialized vessels built to traverse the world's wildest waterways, and into the most remote and secluded regions on earth. Ships typically accommodate 50-100 passengers and offer the ease of guided travel. But an expedition cruise offers more... click here

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A Cultural Look into Svalbard Travel

Svalbard’s largest city is Longyearbyen, located on Spitsbergen and home to about 1,800 people. Longyearbyen, though small, has a thriving community. Residents and visitors on a Svalbard tour can enjoy the swimming pool, the climbing wall, the Sunday cinema, and the squash court. There is also a nightclub, three pubs, three hotels, a church, a school, and several tourist shops. Visitors on a trip to Svalbard may also enjoy seeing the art gallery with its permanent and changing exhibitions by local artists, or the Svalbard Museum, which offers exhibits on the history, flora, and fauna of the islands.

For most of its existence, Svalbard’s major employer was the state coal mining industry; Longyearbyen was essentially a company town whose daily life centered on the mining business. In the past ten years, however, there has been a shift from a mining economy to one that depends increasingly on tourism and research.

Island research generally focuses on weather and meteorology, with facilities for ionospheric and magnetospheric research. In 1993, a cooperation of the four Norwegian universities opened a University Center in Svalbard, which currently ...

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