HIGHLIGHTS
- Set off on the trail of the great explorers who in the past
attempted to approach the eastern coast of Greenland, a region that
long remained isolated as it was hard to reach.
- Outings and shore visits in a Zodiac® dinghy or
hovercraft with an reinforced team of naturalist-guides.
- Hiking opportunity.
- Explore the east coast of Greenland and its still pristine
territories upon which the French explorers Jules de Blosseville,
Jean-Baptiste Charcot and Paul-Emile Victor, set foot in the past.
- An encounter with the Inuit people to share their
springtime traditions while the ice is still ubiquitous.
- D’Aunay Bay: Jean-Baptiste Charcot’s
first stop on his expedition to map this coast.
- The never-explored Blosseville Coast and its thick layer of
ice come straight from the North Pole.
- Landscapes: alpine landscapes, polar ice cap, fjords,
populated with gigantic icebergs, a coastline torn by glaciers, patches
of ice floe drift ing from the North Pole.
- Wildlife: polar bears, seals, Arctic foxes and hares, sea
birds.
- Our experts are fine-tuning your programme of activities,
find out more very soon.
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ITINERARY
APRIL 30, 2022
REYKJAVÍK
Embarkation 4/30/2022 from 16h00 to 17h00
Departure 4/30/2022 at 18h00
Iceland’s capital stretches along the edge of a vast bay in
the west of the country. Perlan, the “Pearl of
Reykjavík”, a museum located on
’Oskjuhlið hill, offers a panoramic view of the lush,
green landscapes. A little further, one can easily spot the signpost
showing the way to the evangelical Hallgrímskirkja church,
and to the historical centre where one can stroll along the
Skólavördustígur and the Laugavegur, two
lively streets with charming small shops. For some relaxation just
outside of the city, visitors have the opportunity to visit the
Reykjanes peninsula and its famous thermal lagoons of the Blue Lagoon.
MAY 1, 2022 AT SEA ABOARD LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT
Arrival 5/1/2022
Departure 5/1/2022
Spend exceptional moments sailing aboard Le Commandant Charcot, the
world’s first luxury polar exploration vessel and the first
PC2-class polar cruise ship capable of sailing into the very heart of
the ice, on seas and oceans which the frozen conditions render
inaccessible to ordinary ships. Le Commandant Charcot is fitted with
oceanographic and scientific equipment selected by a committee of
experts. Take advantage of the on-board lectures and opportunities for
discussion with these specialists to learn more about the poles.
Participate in furthering scientific research with PONANT and let us
discover together what these fascinating destinations have yet to
reveal to us.
MAY 2, 2022 NANSEN HARBOR
Arrival 5/2/2022
Departure 5/2/2022
Travelling to Nansen Harbor is the guarantee of a voyage back in time
and will enable you to discover a superb bay, into which the ice cap
plunges directly. It was because of the proximity and accessibility of
the glacier that Fridtjof Nansen chose this location for his crossing
of the ice cap crossing in August 1888. Sailing along the coast, you
can imagine the first steps of the great explorer on the Greenland ice
sheet.
MAY 3, 2022 AMMASSALIK REGION
Arrival 5/3/2022
Departure 5/3/2022
Still almost unknown just a century ago, the east coast of Greenland
remains the most authentic and majestic region. Here, the alpine
mountains merge intimately with the sea, while the fjords are adorned
with high snow-capped peaks and drifting icebergs. Follow in the wake
of Captain Jean-Baptiste Charcot’s famous ship, the Pourquoi
Pas?, which set off with its crew to discover Ammassalik, a small
island of primitive and wild beauty where the Inuit people chose to
live. The name of this island is a reference to the capelin, a small
flamboyant silver coloured fish, whose presence in the thousands
announces to inhabitants the return of spring. A surprising discovery
in a spectacular setting.
MAY 4, 2022 STORO ISLAND
Arrival 5/4/2022
Departure 5/4/2022
In the Ammassalik region, the small island of Storo welcomed the famous
French explorer Paul-Emile Victor during his first stay in Greenland in
1932. This young ethnologist was set down by Captain Charcot at
Ammassallik then made his way to the island of Storo, where he spent a
year hosted by an Inuit family. Bones, stones, a tomb and a few
vestiges of huts and wooden cabins are evidence that people have been
coming to the island for a very long time. Its location facing the
Denmark Strait, at the entrance of a small fjord, is indeed ideal for
hunting or for observing the whales, narwhals or belugas that live in
the fish-rich waters of the Greenland Sea.
MAY 5, 2022 KANGERLUSSUAQ (EAST GREENLAND)
Arrival 5/5/2022
Departure 5/5/2022
Midway between the magnificent Sermilik fjord and the vast expanses of
Liverpool Land, you will discover the impressive Kangerlussuaq Fjord,
one of the largest on the south-east coast of Greenland. You will sail
through a wonderful décor of ice and vertiginous, jagged
peaks of dark grey rock coated in snow that plunge into the deep blue
waters of the fjord. The fjord is fed by the gigantic Kangerlussuaq
glacier, the largest on the east coast of the Greenland Ice Sheet. In
the north-west, the Watkins Range is home to the tallest peaks in the
Arctic. Gunnbjorns Fjeld stands 3,693 metres (12,000 feet) tall. Known
for its abundant fauna, this hard-to-reach fjord is uninhabited,
although Inuit hunters have been visiting it for thousands of years.
MAY 6, 2022 EXPLORATION OF BLOSSEVILLE COAST
Arrival 5/6/2022
Departure 5/6/2022
Aboard your ship, follow in the footsteps of Jules Poret de
Blosseville, a French explorer and sailor. In 1833, aboard La Lilloise,
he set off to discover this isolated and unexplored part of eastern
Greenland and gave French names to various sites on the coast. The
adventure probably has an unfortunate outcome, since the crew was never
found. This uninhabited territory, which now bears his name, lies to
the south of Scoresby Sund. Surrounded by ice, icebergs and pieces of
pack ice, Blosseville Coast is one of these wild and hard-to-reach
places that very few people are lucky enough to explore.
MAY 7, 2022 D'AUNAY BAY
Arrival 5/7/2022
Departure 5/7/2022
Along the Blosseville Coast, you’ll explore the magnificent
D’Aunay Bay and superb glaciers in the surrounding area. This
wide sheltered bay was baptised in 1833 by the French sailor Jules de
Blosseville in honour of Raoul D’Aunay, second-in-command on
La Lilloise. Shimmering reflections of the Greenland Sea, permanent
snow cover, prominent peaks, and the silent, majestic drifting of the
ice and icebergs... from the deck of your ship or during an outing in a
Zodiac® dinghy in the company of our naturalist guides, you
will experience pure moments of contemplation far from any other trace
of human life as you discover virtually unexplored lands.
MAY 8, 2022 ITTOQQORTOORMIIT REGION
Arrival 5/8/2022
Departure 5/8/2022
Located between the largest national park and the longest system of
fjords in the world, the town of Ittoqqortoormiit, whose name means
“great house” in Greenlandic, is one of the
remotest inhabited places in the world. Covered with ice and snow for
nine months of the year, you will be able to discover the ancestral way
of life of the last hunters of the polar region. As soon as the
thickness of the ice floe allows, they set out on the trail of
walruses, seals, narwhals, musk ox and polar bears, travelling by
traditional dog sleds.
MAY 9, 2022 AT SEA ABOARD LE COMMANDANT CHARCOT
Arrival 5/9/2022
Departure 5/9/2022
Spend exceptional moments sailing aboard Le Commandant Charcot, the
world’s first luxury polar exploration vessel and the first
PC2-class polar cruise ship capable of sailing into the very heart of
the ice, on seas and oceans which the frozen conditions render
inaccessible to ordinary ships. Le Commandant Charcot is fitted with
oceanographic and scientific equipment selected by a committee of
experts. Take advantage of the on-board lectures and opportunities for
discussion with these specialists to learn more about the poles.
Participate in furthering scientific research with PONANT and let us
discover together what these fascinating destinations have yet to
reveal to us.
MAY 10, 2022 REYKJAVÍK
Arrival 5/10/2022 early morning
Disembarkation 5/10/2022 at 07h00
Iceland’s capital stretches along the edge of a vast bay in
the west of the country. Perlan, the “Pearl of
Reykjavík”, a museum located on
’Oskjuhlið hill, offers a panoramic view of the lush,
green landscapes. A little further, one can easily spot the signpost
showing the way to the evangelical Hallgrímskirkja church,
and to the historical centre where one can stroll along the
Skólavördustígur and the Laugavegur, two
lively streets with charming small shops. For some relaxation just
outside of the city, visitors have the opportunity to visit the
Reykjanes peninsula and its famous thermal lagoons of the Blue Lagoon.
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
Services provided
- Private balcony for all our cabins and suites
- Terrace for the Duplex suites and the Owner's suite
- Butler service and priority boarding : Owner’s
Suite, Duplex Suites, Privilege Suites and Grand Prestige Suites
- Individually-controlled airconditioning
- Stateroom layout: king-size bed, or twin beds,
communicating staterooms available, children welcome
- Minibar - 24hr room service
- Satellite TV channels (availability dependent on
navigation); selection of videos on demand
- Bose™ Bluetooth speaker
- Safe
- Selection of Dyptique Paris top-of-the-line bath products.
- Dressing table, bath robes, Hairdryer
- Direct line telephone
- 110V American (two flat pins)/220V European (round sockets
with two round pins)
- Internet access Wifi : Satellite reception (availability
dependent on navigation and latitude)
