Northern Spitsbergen explorer on the m/v Hondius

  2026

  • June 20 - 27, 26. During the Summer Solstice!! Price begins at $4500 per person in a triple cabin, to $20200 for a double Grand Suite with Balcony. A twin deluxe cabin is priced at $7200 per person. 
  • Download 2026 TOUR SUMMARY
  • Contact us to go on this wonderful trip or to find out more about it. 
  • Starts and ends in Longyearbyen, accessible from multiple flights a day from Oslo, Norway.  
  • ​View details and itinerary of Northern Spitsbergen tour on the m/v Hondius. 
  • Guided by Alvaro's Adventure guide along with ship guides and experts from Oceanwide Expeditions. Pricing to book with us is the same as booking directly with Oceanwide. But with us you get a personalized guide, who will be out on deck during pelagic portions, who can give expert ID as well as to keep our group cohesive, and fun. Also you have the camaraderie of being in a smaller subgroup with in the ship of 170 passengers. 
  • m/v Hondius is an amazing, capable, safe and comfortable expedition ship with great amenities. This is an expedition ship, not a cruise ship. However it is new, fast and one of the greenest ships visiting the polar regions with multiple technologies to minimize emissions and increase fuel efficiency. Download the specifications of the ship HERE.
  • This is the Arctic trip of a lifetime. 
  • Ivory Gull, Polar Bear, Beluga Whale, huge colonies of Thick-billed Murre, Dovekie and Black-legged Kittiwake, Walrus and the possibility of Bowhead Whale. In addition we can find various Arctic Seals, Barnacle Goose, Pink-footed Goose, jaegers, loons, eiders. This is a tour of a true Arctic wilderness. Glaucous Gulls, and Great Skuas live here, and we will see colonies of Northern Fulmars. Certainly the stars of the show are Ivory Gull, Polar Bear and the Walrus. In 2024 we were able to find Blue Whales, as well as two Ross's Gulls that flew by. We would be lucky to find the Ross's Gulls on our next trip, but it could happen. Did we mention we see puffins! 
  • Gorgeous scenery, glaciers, icebergs, and the pack ice.