The High Arctic: Beyond Baffin Bay
Seabourn · Seabourn Venture
Depart
Aug 18, 2027
Return
Sep 1, 2027
Port
Kangerlussuaq
Nights
14 nights
At a glance
- Built
- 2021
- Tonnage
- 23000
- Cabins
- 132
- Crew
- 120
Seabourn's ultra-luxury purpose-built expedition ship Seabourn Venture, paying tribute to the remote destinations visited by the brand’s highly successful expedition and Ventures by Seabourn excursion programs and the fascinating places yet to be explored in the future. Seabourn Venture is scheduled to launch in June 2021, with a second yet-to-be-named sister ship slated to launch in May 2022.
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Cruise from Kangerlussuaq and back
Day 1Cruise departs from KangerlussuaqAug 17, 2027
In October, 1941 the United States Army Air Force constructed an airbase at the site of Kangerlussuaq. It served as a refuelling stop for single-engine military aircraft being flown to Britain during World War II. Form their last port of call, Goose Bay, Labrador, it was 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to Kangerlussuaq until they could refuel. Kangerlussuaq fjord (‘Big Fjord’), is 170 kilometers (105 miles) long and was often shrouded in fog, providing a serious navigation problem for those aircrews. Today, with the use of modern technology, navigation is no longer an issue. The landscape was ideal for the site of an airport. A large alluvial plain, deposited by the nearby glacial-outflow river, provided a perfectly flat environment for an airport. Kangerlussuaq is the largest commercial airport in Greenland and supports a population of 500. A little known fact, from 1971 to 1987, 33 missiles from various countries, were fired from Kangerlussuaq for upper atmospheric scientific researc…
Day 2KangerlussuaqAug 18, 2027 • Departs at: 8 pm
In October, 1941 the United States Army Air Force constructed an airbase at the site of Kangerlussuaq. It served as a refuelling stop for single-engine military aircraft being flown to Britain during World War II. Form their last port of call, Goose Bay, Labrador, it was 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to Kangerlussuaq until they could refuel. Kangerlussuaq fjord (‘Big Fjord’), is 170 kilometers (105 miles) long and was often shrouded in fog, providing a serious navigation problem for those aircrews. Today, with the use of modern technology, navigation is no longer an issue. The landscape was ideal for the site of an airport. A large alluvial plain, deposited by the nearby glacial-outflow river, provided a perfectly flat environment for an airport. Kangerlussuaq is the largest commercial airport in Greenland and supports a population of 500. A little known fact, from 1971 to 1987, 33 missiles from various countries, were fired from Kangerlussuaq for upper atmospheric scientific researc…
Day 3At SeaAug 19, 2027
Day 4At SeaAug 20, 2027
Day 5Pond InletAug 21, 2027 • Arrives at: 6 am • Departs at: 1 pm
Day 6The Seabourn Northwest Passage ExperienceAug 22, 2027 • Arrives at: 7 am • Departs at: 4 pm
Day 7The Seabourn Ellesmere Island ExperienceAug 23, 2027
Day 8The Seabourn Ellesmere Island ExperienceAug 24, 2027
Day 9The Seabourn Ellesmere Island ExperienceAug 25, 2027
Day 10At SeaAug 26, 2027
Day 11The Seabourn Northwest Greenland ExperienceAug 27, 2027 • Arrives at: 7 am • Departs at: 12 pm
Day 12The Seabourn Northwest Greenland ExperienceAug 28, 2027 • Arrives at: 8 am • Departs at: 2 pm
Day 13At SeaAug 29, 2027
Day 14Cruise returns to KangerlussuaqAug 30, 2027 • Arrives at: 7 am • Departs at: 8 pm
In October, 1941 the United States Army Air Force constructed an airbase at the site of Kangerlussuaq. It served as a refuelling stop for single-engine military aircraft being flown to Britain during World War II. Form their last port of call, Goose Bay, Labrador, it was 1,600 kilometers (1,000 miles) to Kangerlussuaq until they could refuel. Kangerlussuaq fjord (‘Big Fjord’), is 170 kilometers (105 miles) long and was often shrouded in fog, providing a serious navigation problem for those aircrews. Today, with the use of modern technology, navigation is no longer an issue. The landscape was ideal for the site of an airport. A large alluvial plain, deposited by the nearby glacial-outflow river, provided a perfectly flat environment for an airport. Kangerlussuaq is the largest commercial airport in Greenland and supports a population of 500. A little known fact, from 1971 to 1987, 33 missiles from various countries, were fired from Kangerlussuaq for upper atmospheric scientific researc…
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