All prices on this and the following pages are cruise only. WildWings are able to arrange your flights and any other travel requirements you may require. We stock separate colour brochures for all our vessels giving much more detailed information including the planned itineraries, please ask us for your copies. Prices are subject to exchange rates so please always contact us for your up to date quote!

Prices include: Voyage chosen in cabin accommodation as booked including all meals, tea, coffee, water, lectures and services of expedition team, Zodiac shore landings and cruises, port taxes, comprehensive pre-voyage information and post voyage souvenir log. Many ships now offer free boot loan. Most also include group transfers to/from the ship.

Prices exclude: Travel insurance, fuel surcharges, onboard staff and crew gratuities (suggested amount US$10-$15 per passenger, per day), other drinks and items of a personal nature.

Return flights from the UK to Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen) start from £439 per person, including prepaid taxes and current airline fuel surcharges. Other destinations on request . Pre and post cruise hotels in the Arctic can also be arranged by us.

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Arctic Ships

In terms of itinerary and quality of expedition staff there is little difference between our ships, as all offer an excellent polar experience and all have ice-strengthened hulls. All our featured ships are members of AECO and operated under strict environmental guidelines and are equipped with a fleet of Zodiac inflatables for landings and cruises.

All passengers will be fully briefed on what to do (and what not to do) ashore, and instruction will be given for travelling in Zodiacs comfortably and safely. Most of these vessels will normally make 2 or even 3 landings per day (or Zodiac cruises) Our brief ship guide follows, for more personal advice and the full colour brochures, simply contact us.

Spirit of Enderby (Prof Khromov)/ Polar Pioneer
Russian, former research vessels/arctic passenger ships carrying between 45 – 55 passengers. Officers and crew professional and friendly. Western expedition staff. Comfortable with good food. A real expedition feel. All cabins with portholes or windows.

Ioffe / Akademik Sergey Vavilov
Russian, former research vessels carrying about 110 passengers . Officers and crew professional and friendly. Western expedition staff. Comfortable with good food. A real expedition feel. All cabins with portholes or windows. Given their relatively large size (and therefore stability) coupled with quiet engines make these two our current favourite wildlife viewing ships.

Orlova
Former Baltic passenger vessel refurbished for expedition voyages, carrying up to 110 passengers. Officers and crew professional and friendly. Western expedition staff. Comfortable with good food. A real expedition feel. All cabins with portholes or windows and private facilties.

Prince Albert II NEW!
A 5* expedition vessel, formerly the World Discoverer. Her early booking prices currently offer astonishing value for the quality. Fares include all drinks, tips and the food is designed by the world renowned chefs of Relais and Chateaux. All cabins with windows and private facilties including bath. 132 passengers. WildWings leaders Chris Collins and Dick Filby work on this vessel on occasion.

Antarctic Dream
A former Chilean government vessel which carries a maximum of 84 passengers. All cabins with private facilities.

Plancius NEW!
A former Dutch naval vessel which is being rebuilt for expedition cruising, she will carry a maximum of 112 passengers and will have a spacious observation lounge and lots of outside open deck space. All cabins with private facilities and windows. Due to enter service in the Antarctic in winter 2009.

Kapitan Khlebnikov
A true Icebreaker equipped with helicopters as well as Zodiacs for shore landings. All cabins with windows and private facilities. Passenger lift. Maximum passengers 108. Just travelling on this ship is an adventure in it’s own right! Due to cease passenger service in March 2012.

50 Years of Victory
The world’s largest nuclear-powered Icebreaker equipped with Zodiacs and helicopters. All cabins with private facilties. Used for the North Pole expedition only.

Other vessels:
We are also agents for Lindblad Expeditions, Polar Star Expeditions and Zegrahm Expeditions, further details on request.