The Unexpected Day

Why flexibility is central to your expedition — an honest, behind-the-scenes conversation about why flexibility is central to expeditions to Svalbard and East Greenland, and why those moments often become the most memorable parts of your journey.

On an expedition, the plan is a guide — and when conditions turn, small-ship agility means we can adjust with confidence and follow what the polar world reveals, in real time. Weather shifts. Ice moves. Wildlife appears where you least expect it. And sometimes, the days that stay with you longest are the ones no one could have predicted.

Join our team of polar experts as they share moments from unexpected days in the high Arctic — an honest, behind-the-scenes conversation about why flexibility is so central to expeditions to Svalbard and East Greenland, and why those moments so often become the most memorable parts of a journey.

Guests heard directly from Virgil Reglioni, Robert Gilmore and Yaroslava Skorikova as they shared real stories from the field — moments when conditions forced a complete change of course, and how experience, flexibility, and small-ship decision-making turned uncertainty into opportunity.

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Svalbard Spring Photo Tour with Virgil Reglioni

78°13’N, 15°38’E

Follow photographer Virgil Reglioni into the bewitching pastel light and frozen fairytale landscape of the Arctic spring.

  • 12 guests
  • — days
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Svalbard Spring Photo Tour

78°13’N, 15°38’E

Landscape photographers adore Svalbard in the early season, when puzzle-piece sea ice and snow-enrobed shorelines glow under pastel sunrises and sunsets.

  • 12 guests
  • 8 — 10 days
Svalbard summer sunset over mountains

Svalbard Circumnavigation Micro Cruise

78°13’N, 15°38’E

The big one. As the sea opens up under the midnight sun, take the unique opportunity to circumnavigate Svalbard, Europe’s last great wilderness.

  • 12 guests
  • 12 days
Iceberg scenic view drone shot in Scoresby Sund Secret Atlas

Northeast Greenland National Park Micro Cruise

76°50'N, 23°10'W

The ultimate Greenland experience – a unique two-week adventure into Northeast Greenland National Park, the world’s largest national park, and Scoresbysund, the longest fjord system on Earth.

  • 12 guests
  • 11 — 13 days
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Scoresbysund Northern Lights Photo Tour with Virgil Reglioni

70°50’N, 25°00’W

With 0% light pollution and insane iceberg sculptures, paired with the world’s finest aurora borealis photographer, you’re in for a treat.

  • 12 guests
  • 9 days

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