Arctic Cruises

NotAGolf · 19 Feb 2010 at 08:25

Hi all.

One day I'd really like to send my parents on one of those cruises you can do round the Arctic. Has anyone done anything like this before? I know if you go on a proper one right to the Arctic costs an absolute bomb, but I think the are ones that don't go quite as far might be a bit more reasonable.

I don't think locations is too important, I think they'd both really like to experience the 'glacial landscape', just somewhere with lots of frozen ice really!

Any one know anything abuot these sorts of trips?

Thanks!

R.O.S.S.I · 19 Feb 2010 at 08:57

Titanic springs to mind.

Andr3w · 19 Feb 2010 at 08:58

Never heard of these. Do you basically stare at ice all week then come back?

slambo69 · 19 Feb 2010 at 09:50

Andr3w said:
Never heard of these. Do you basically stare at ice all week then come back?

My sister went on one and seen polar bears, bears catching salmon in alaska and she went whale watching as well as seeing some spectacular icebergs - which there is tours on I believe.

mjt · 19 Feb 2010 at 10:08

Check out Hurtigruten

Participant · 19 Feb 2010 at 10:16

Andr3w said:
Never heard of these. Do you basically stare at ice all week then come back?

Pretty much, sounds totally dull to me

I mean look at that, how boring!

Cosimo · 19 Feb 2010 at 10:27

Robbie G said:
Pretty much, sounds totally dull to me

I mean look at that, how boring!

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The "sea ice" off the west coast of Greenland is very boring. :p

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J.B · 19 Feb 2010 at 11:22

I'd actually quite like to go on one of these, sounds visually stunning

Dolph · 19 Feb 2010 at 11:23

I'd much rather go on something like this than a cruise to somewhere hot...

zootfloot · 19 Feb 2010 at 11:49

Yeah these cruises look awesome...along a similar line i have been trying to talk the wife into doing the Fjords cruise at some point....her reply was along the lines of "why would i want to be stuck on a river in a big boat"

apatia77 · 19 Feb 2010 at 11:51

Paying top £££ just so you can freeze your a** , no thank you. I rather go somewhere hot and enjoy time swimming, snorkeling, reef and marine fish watching. This sound more exciting.

Goliath · 19 Feb 2010 at 11:52

Dad and his missus went on a cruise around the Alaskan coast for a week followed by a week in Vancouver a while back, they absolutely loved it.

Participant · 19 Feb 2010 at 11:53

apatia77 said:
Paying top £££ just so you can freeze your a** , no thank you. I rather go somewhere hot and enjoy time swimming, snorkeling, reef and marine fish watching. This sound more exciting.

No such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. Beside most of these 'cold cruisers' have probably been on more holidays of that ^ description that they care to remember. It's called variety.

Paul11 · 19 Feb 2010 at 11:53

wow., would love to do that

Feek · 19 Feb 2010 at 12:24

I'd imagine that being the tour guide for one of these would be money for old rope.

"To the left you can see ice. To the right you can see ice."

*time passes*

To the left you can see ice. To the right you can see ice."

NotAGolf · 19 Feb 2010 at 12:35

mjt said:
Check out Hurtigruten

Thanks, that's just what I'm after. Still quite expensive but a lot cheaper than the proper arctic ones. Might actually be better to go around the Fjords as well as there'd be a bit more variety in what you see apart from just ice!