MS BREMEN
The Adventure of the Northwest Passage
From Kangerlussuaq to Nome
BRE0916 | 15 Aug 2009 - 09 Sep 2009 | 25 days
The Adventure of the Northwest Passage
Themes
Expedition - Northwest Passage
Culture - Special guest Hardy Krüger
 Special
Combination bonus

Ahead of you lies the legendary Northwest Passage through the Arctic, a journey of more than 3,000 nautical miles. One of the great sea routes which has challenged many famous explorers. Roald Amundsen was the first to make his way here, a journey lasting more than three years. We want to do it in less than a month – if ice and weather conditions permit. But isn't this uncertainty exactly what makes such an expedition so thrilling?
DateDestination
Sat 15 AugFlight Hanover – Kangerlussuaq
Kangerlussuaq/Greenland, departure 6:00 pm
Sun 16 AugSisimiut (Holsteinsborg)/Greenland
Mon 17 Aug till 18 AugCruising in Disco Bay and Baffin Bay
Wed 19 AugPond Inlet/Baffin Island
Thurs 20 AugDundas Harbor/Devon Island
Fri 21 Aug till 22 AugBarrow Strait (Beechey Island , Resolute )
Sun 23 Aug till 03 SepAdventure of the Northwest Passage –
from Lancaster Sound to the Beaufort Sea
Fri 04 SepBarrow/Alaska
Sat 05 SepPoint Hope/Alaska
Sun 06 SepRelaxation at sea
Mon 07 SepNome/Alaska, arrival 6:00 am
Flight to Vancouver
Overnight stay with breakfast
Tue 08 SepCity tour, scheduled flight Vancouver – Germany
Wed 09 SepArrival in Germany

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Natural Wonders in Greenland
The "Land of Man" is actually a land of ice. The greater part of Greenland is covered in ice, and settlements are found only along the coasts. Sisimiut is the second-largest city on the island and lies peacefully at the foot of the local mountain Nasaasaaq. Your first taste of the language of form of the ice awaits you in Disco Bay, where the BREMEN cruises along mighty icebergs and in front of one of the most active glaciers in the world. Look forward to a unique setting!

Life in the Canadian Arctic
We will cruise in Baffin Bay, an arm of the sea between Greenland and the Cana-
dian Arctic archipelago and the cool pantry for narwhales and white whales. The Zodiacs will take you to Pond Inlet on Baffin Island, the fifth-largest island in the world. A small Inuit village lies picturesquely before the white glaciers and invites you to pay a visit. Dundas Harbor, a former post of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, has been abandoned today. May we nevertheless invite you to take a hike through the tundra on Devon Island? You may just be fortunate enough to have the opportunity to photograph musk oxen and snowshoe hares.

Northwest Passage – The Adventure Begins
The fleet of Zodiacs makes its way in the direction of Beechey Island. The lonely graves and the former winter base of the Franklin Expedition are mute witnesses to the turbulent history of exploration of the Northwest Passage, which the lec-
turers can describe in detail. The small Resolute is home to about 200 people and correspondingly introspective, as you can see for yourself during an individual shore excursion.
Then the BREMEN will push through the grinding ice in Peel Sound, which runs into Franklin Strait and Larsen Sound. Repeated Zodiac landings are scheduled (always subject to weather and ice conditions) while the adventure of the North-
west Passage continues on its course. Stay alert: it is always thoroughly possible in this region that you will encounter the king of the Arctic, the polar bear. A "Swedish nightingale" gave Jenny Lind Island its name in honour of the great singer. However, you are more likely to hear the sounds of animals such as musk oxen and geese on the shore during the Zodiac landings and a hike through the tundra. When you reach Cambridge Bay, you will have about 600 nautical miles and a third of the Northwest Passage behind you.
You will cruise off Victoria Island for three days, make Zodiac landings with the lecturers and visit an Inuit village. Long-tailed ducks swim by and snow geese and glaucous gulls become noteworthy sights. Put on your warm parka for a hike through the tundra in Ross Point and you will perhaps encounter musk oxen as they graze here. Marvel at the paintings in Holman, where you should under no circumstances miss out on the handicrafts museum of the Inuit. It is not hard to guess where Amundsen Gulf got its name. Delve with the lecturers into the life of the Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen and his ship, the "Gjöa"; he was the first to sail through the entire Arctic archipelago and discover the Northwest Passage. Thick clouds of smoke billow out of a steep cliffside at the natural phenomenon Smoking Hills in Franklin Bay. After paying a visit to the aban-
doned whaling station Herschel Island, the BREMEN will reach the pack ice fields of the Beaufort Sea, the goal of the legendary Northwest Passage.

Final Impressions: Alaska
The landing in Barrow, the northernmost settlement of the USA, marks your arrival in Alaska. Marvel at the remains of an old Inuit settlement in Point Hope, made in part out of whale bones. Drink in the grandness of this landscape one last time at the conclusion of your Northwest Passage.

The terms and conditions of travel for this cruise differ from the standard.

A change in itinerary may become necessary during this expedition to the Arctic. The captain will decide on the best possible alternative depending on weather and ice conditions.
Category Cabin type Price per person in €*
 
1		 Two-berth, outside 14,680
 
2		 Two-berth, outside 16,240
 
3		 Two-berth, outside 17,810
 
4		 Two-berth, outside 19,370
 
5		 Two-berth, outside 20,930
 
5		 Two-berth, outside, single occ. 24,210
 
6		 Two-berth, outside, with balcony 24,060
 
7		 Two-berth suite, outside, with balcony 28,750
 
8		 Extra bed for 3rd/4th person 9,200
Included surcharge (ship) 460
Discount travel arrangements/cruise departure point -
Discount travel arrangements/cruise arrival point 895
Included surcharge (air) 100/150
Combination bonus 600
Early booking discount until 01/17/2009
Combination bonus € 600
Prolonged pleasure: Combine this cruise with BRE0917.

* Cruise price including fuel surcharges (ship and air).

You will find explanatory comments on the combination discount, early booking discount and any applicable combination bonus at General Information.
Please note that our pre- and post-cruise programmes are conducted in German. For individual programmes kindly consult your travel agent.

Following programmes we offer in German:


POST-CRUISE PROGRAMME B: ROCKY MOUNTAINS


Combination bonus € 600
Prolonged pleasure:
Combine this cruise with BRE0917.



Culture - Special guest Hardy Krüger
The German world star and traveller will be a valuable addition to this expedition when he appears for an entertaining reading from his book, Die andere Seite der Sonne ("The Other Side of the Sun"). By making sparing and careful use of his poetic materials, Hardy Krüger has succeeded in creating masterpieces of dry charm and mysterious power in these narratives. You can be sure of thrilling moments when this renowned artist shares the memories of his journeys with you.