

Cruise itinerary
45-Night Arctic Cruise from Reykjavík
45 nights · Arctic · 26 ports of call
45-night Arctic cruise aboard Seabourn Venture, departing Reykjavík and calling at Kangerlussuaq Havn, Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Exploring the Northwest Passage, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Northeast Greenland and Nuuk (Godthaab) and 19 more.
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At a glance
- Ship
- Seabourn Venture
- Cruise line
- Seabourn
- Duration
- 45 nights
- Region
- Arctic · Polar
- Departs
- Reykjavík
- Returns
- Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Where this voyage takes you
Day-by-day itinerary
- Day1

Reykjavík
Iceland's northerly capital, the launch point for sailings around the island's volcanic coast. The Hallgrímskirkja church rises above its low-rise centre, with the Blue Lagoon, geysers and waterfalls of the Golden Circle reachable on day trips.
- Hallgrímskirkja
- Blue Lagoon
- Golden Circle
- Day2

Kangerlussuaq Havn
Depart 20:00
A small settlement at the head of a long fjord in western Greenland, beside a former U.S. air base. It serves as the inland gateway to the Greenland ice sheet, with tundra valleys, musk oxen and clear sub-Arctic skies known for the northern lights.
- Greenland ice sheet
- Musk oxen
- Northern lights
- Day3At sea
- Day4At sea
- Day5

Pond Inlet, Nunavut
Arrive 06:00 · Depart 13:00
An Inuit hamlet on the north coast of Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic, set on the strait that leads to Bylot Island. Surrounded by mountains and sea ice, it is a centre of Inuit hunting culture and a gateway to Sirmilik National Park and its narwhal-rich waters.
- Sirmilik National Park
- Bylot Island
- Inuit culture
- Day6
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day7
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 17:00
A vast, largely ice-covered island in the Canadian High Arctic, the northernmost reach of Nunavut. Steep fjords, glaciers and tundra dominate its uninhabited coast, where expedition ships look for muskoxen, seabird cliffs and the deep light of the polar summer.
- Arctic fjords
- Glaciers
- Muskoxen
- Day8
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A vast, largely ice-covered island in the Canadian High Arctic, the northernmost reach of Nunavut. Steep fjords, glaciers and tundra dominate its uninhabited coast, where expedition ships look for muskoxen, seabird cliffs and the deep light of the polar summer.
- Arctic fjords
- Glaciers
- Muskoxen
- Day9
Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A vast, largely ice-covered island in the Canadian High Arctic, the northernmost reach of Nunavut. Steep fjords, glaciers and tundra dominate its uninhabited coast, where expedition ships look for muskoxen, seabird cliffs and the deep light of the polar summer.
- Arctic fjords
- Glaciers
- Muskoxen
- Day10At sea
- Day11

Northeast Greenland
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
A vast, ice-bound stretch of Greenland's Arctic coast, much of it within the world's largest national park. It is a scenic-cruising wilderness of fjords, glaciers and tundra, home to musk oxen, polar bears and walrus far from any settlement.
- National park
- Glaciated fjords
- Musk oxen
- Day12

Northeast Greenland
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 14:00
A vast, ice-bound stretch of Greenland's Arctic coast, much of it within the world's largest national park. It is a scenic-cruising wilderness of fjords, glaciers and tundra, home to musk oxen, polar bears and walrus far from any settlement.
- National park
- Glaciated fjords
- Musk oxen
- Day13At sea
- Day14

Kangerlussuaq Havn
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 20:00
A small settlement at the head of a long fjord in western Greenland, beside a former U.S. air base. It serves as the inland gateway to the Greenland ice sheet, with tundra valleys, musk oxen and clear sub-Arctic skies known for the northern lights.
- Greenland ice sheet
- Musk oxen
- Northern lights
- Day15

Nuuk (Godthaab)
Arrive 14:00 · Depart 22:00
The capital of Greenland, a small colourful town on the southwest coast at the mouth of a long fjord system. Nuuk is known for its harbour-side old quarter, the National Museum's Inuit collections, and the dramatic Sermitsiaq mountain across the water.
- Sermitsiaq mountain
- Greenland National Museum
- Colonial harbour
- Day16At sea
- Day17
Iqaluit, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day18
Diana Island, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day19
Erik Cove
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day20
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 11:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day21
Fury and Hecla Strait, Nunavut
Arrive 14:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day22
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 18:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day23
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 18:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day24
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day25
Cambridge Bay, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
- Day26
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 12:00 · Depart 15:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day27
Exploring the Northwest Passage
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 18:00
The fabled sea route through the Canadian Arctic archipelago, linking the Atlantic and Pacific across the top of North America. Sailings here move among ice-choked channels and remote Inuit communities, with chances to see polar bears, walrus and the tundra coast.
- Arctic wildlife
- Inuit communities
- Sea ice
- Day28At sea
- Day29At sea
- Day30

Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg)
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A town on Greenland's west coast just above the Arctic Circle, the country's second largest settlement. Coloured houses rise over a working harbour amid rugged hills, with dog-sledding, fishing and the Sisimiut Museum part of its Arctic life.
- Coloured harbour
- Sisimiut Museum
- Arctic dog-sledding
- Day31

Evighedsfjorden
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A long fjord on the west coast of Greenland, whose Danish name means 'fjord of eternity'. Walled by steep mountains and fed by glaciers, it cuts deep inland from the town of Maniitsoq, a scene of calving ice and tumbling waterfalls.
- glacier walls
- calving ice
- Maniitsoq gateway
- Day32

Kangerlussuaq Havn
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
A small settlement at the head of a long fjord in western Greenland, beside a former U.S. air base. It serves as the inland gateway to the Greenland ice sheet, with tundra valleys, musk oxen and clear sub-Arctic skies known for the northern lights.
- Greenland ice sheet
- Musk oxen
- Northern lights
- Day33

Nuuk (Godthaab)
Arrive 11:00 · Depart 18:00
The capital of Greenland, a small colourful town on the southwest coast at the mouth of a long fjord system. Nuuk is known for its harbour-side old quarter, the National Museum's Inuit collections, and the dramatic Sermitsiaq mountain across the water.
- Sermitsiaq mountain
- Greenland National Museum
- Colonial harbour
- Day34At sea
- Day35

Pangnirtung, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
- Day36
Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 12:00
Monument Island, Nunavut
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 18:00
- Day37
Lower Savage Islands, Nunavut
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 12:00
Resolution Island, Qikiqtaaluk
Arrive 13:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day38
Eclipse Channel
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 17:00
- Day39
Nachvak Fiord, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 19:00
- Day40
Saglek Fjord, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 07:00 · Depart 16:00
A remote fjord cutting into the Torngat Mountains of northern Labrador, flanked by some of the oldest exposed rock on earth. Within a national park, it is a treeless landscape of granite walls and tundra, home to caribou, polar bears and Inuit heritage sites.
- Torngat Mountains
- ancient bedrock
- polar bears
- Day41
Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 08:00 · Depart 16:00
The northernmost permanent settlement in Labrador, a small Inuit community on a fjord-cut stretch of the Atlantic coast. Reached only by boat or plane, it is a centre of Labrador Inuit culture and a gateway to the Torngat Mountains to the north.
- Inuit culture
- Torngat Mountains
- Labrador coast
- Day42

Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 17:00
A remote stretch of the Labrador coast in Atlantic Canada, named for the historic fishing and trading station once set among its islands. It is a rugged, sparsely peopled shore of low rock and tundra, edged by cold North Atlantic waters and rich seabird colonies.
- Labrador coast
- seabird colonies
- historic fishing station
- Day43

L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador
Arrive 09:00 · Depart 18:00
A windswept site at the northern tip of Newfoundland, Canada, where the Vikings landed around a thousand years ago. The reconstructed sod huts of this UNESCO World Heritage site mark the first known European settlement in North America.
- Norse settlement
- Sod longhouses
- World Heritage site
- Day44At sea
- Day45At sea
- Day46

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Arrive 08:30
The largest city in Atlantic Canada, built around one of the world's great natural harbours in Nova Scotia. A star-shaped hilltop Citadel overlooks the waterfront boardwalk, and the city holds strong ties to the Titanic and the age of sail.
- Halifax Citadel
- Harbourfront boardwalk
- Titanic graves
Upcoming departures
- 17 Aug 2027
Upcoming sailings of this itinerary — a NestCruise advisor confirms current availability and your fare.
45-Night Arctic Cruise from Reykjavík FAQ
Which ports does this cruise visit?
This 45-night Arctic cruise calls at Reykjavík, Kangerlussuaq Havn, Pond Inlet, Nunavut, Exploring the Northwest Passage, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Northeast Greenland, Nuuk (Godthaab), Iqaluit, Nunavut, Diana Island, Nunavut, Erik Cove, Fury and Hecla Strait, Nunavut, Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Sisimiut (Holsteinsborg), Evighedsfjorden, Pangnirtung, Nunavut, Lady Franklin Island, Nunavut, Monument Island, Nunavut, Lower Savage Islands, Nunavut, Resolution Island, Qikiqtaaluk, Eclipse Channel, Nachvak Fiord, Newfoundland and Labrador, Saglek Fjord, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nain, Newfoundland and Labrador, Indian Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland and Labrador and Halifax, Nova Scotia.
How many days are spent at sea?
10 days are spent at sea; the rest are in port.
Where does this cruise depart from?
It departs from Reykjavík and ends in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
How long is this cruise?
45 nights aboard Seabourn Venture.
When does this itinerary sail?
Upcoming departures include 17 Aug 2027. A NestCruise advisor can confirm current availability.