Cruise North Expeditions

Line: Cruise North Expeditions
Established: 2004
Vessels: Lyubov Orlova
Stars: 3 stars
Passengers: 116

What's included in the price:

  • Accommodation
  • All meals
  • Entertainment
  • Educational Programs
  • Port Taxes
  • Use of ship’s sporting equipment and facilities

What's new?

New for 2011 is our Torngat Safari.  This intimate Safari experience travels through Labrador’s rugged and stunningly beautiful Northern coast. This Inuit homeland is also Canada’s newest National Park, the Torngat Mountains. Inuit legend holds that in these mountains everything – the rock, the soil, the air — has a spirit. And we say, it’s where you can find yours.

Hosted by Inuit expedition professionals and scientists from Northern Labrador’s Nunatsiavut, Parks Canada, and Cruise North Expeditions, this Safari gives you an up-close look into the life, culture and wilderness of this Northern world.

Your base is a Safari-style standing tent camp complete with all the creature comforts. Designed after traditional Inuit camps, your tents are insulated and have raised beds for ultimate warmth. Daily activities vary from hiking, archaeological site visits, wildlife viewing of polar bears, foxes, and whales, fishing and kayaking, and cultural activities including soapstone carving, storytelling and trying traditional foods.

Cruise North Expeditions – the leader in Arctic cruising -- is a special company. We are owned and operated by Inuit of Canada’s Arctic and our role is not only to provide you with an experience of a lifetime, but to protect our cultural past and prepare for the future.

Our expeditions highlight the striking Arctic landscape close up. We travel to islands where enormous polar bears sit among ice floes with thick-billed murres in the thousands flying overhead. We see groups of muskox, caribou and walrus, sometimes only metres away.

We take you to ancient hunting grounds and spiritual sites, dating back hundreds of years. Explore remote outposts and follow in the footsteps of early explorers in their search of new lands. We are greeted by Inuit hosts in small coastal villages to experience cultural performances, view exquisite art and listen to the Inuit language of Inuktitut being spoken in the street.

While relaxing on deck, we glide alongside immense icebergs thousands of years old, view quaint villages with colourful houses lining the tundra, and towering fiords that go on for miles.

This is your true Arctic experience with Cruise North.

Onboard Experience

Entertainment

In the evenings our outstanding and diverse expedition staff will present a unique lecture series including slide-illustrated presentations, videos and other educational programs. The series will cover all features of our voyage and on the surrounding environment. Video programs will include documentary and general entertainment films.

Dining

There are no dress codes or assigned seating aboard the Lyubov Orlova. Dining is a relaxed affair where you can dine with new friends including our expedition staff and Inuit trainees. 

Our hearty and healthy breakfasts and lunches are buffet-style, and dinner is a waiter-served, plated either vegetarian or non-vegetarian meal. We regret that no kosher meals are available on board, but if you let us know in advance of special dietary requirements, we will alert the chef who will do his utmost to meet your needs.

Facilities

While our goal is to get you off the ship as much as possible to explore the fascinating Arctic region, the Lyubov Orlova provides a comfortable environment to relax and rejuvenate in time for your next adventure. The vessel is equipped with a spacious forward lounge and bar, a window lined dining room, an infirmary, exercise room and a well-stocked library.

Accomodation

Accommodation

All cabins and suites have ocean views, two lower beds and private facilities well stocked with toiletries and towels. For environmental reasons, we provide every passenger with a Cruise North Expeditions water bottle to refill throughout the journey and take home with you, rather than providing bottled water. Daily housekeeping service is provided for all cabins.