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32 Scenic? Discover Northeast Passage & Franz Josef Scenic Eclipse Traverse nine time zones across the top of the world, pushing through ice- laden waters to Arctic islands so remote few, ifany, humans have ever visited. Feast on wild landscapes along the planet’s greatest migration paths, where birds in their million y north to breed on lush river deltas and wind-swept sea cliffs. Step back in time to when woolly rhinocere sroamed the Great Arctic Plain and feel the weight ofa mammoth tusk in your hands. Accept the challenge of Crossing the legendary Northeast Passage and be rewarded with polar bear encounters and walrus crowding on ice floes. Meet Chukchi reindeer herders, Inuit fishermen and the scientists gathering high Arctic data from roughshod dwellings sometimes shared with wolverines, snowy owls and Arctic fox. Only in the past couple of decades has this region become accessible enough for non icebreaker ships to make the crossing due to reduced Arctic Ocean pack ice. Purpose- built for high latitudes with a Polar Class 6 rating and the latest uncompromising standards of any ultra-luxury vessel, Scenic Eclipse is the perfect Discovery Yacht to do so. Embarking from Nome, Alaska, cross the International Date Line in the Bering Sea and enter the Northeast Passage at historic Cape Dezhnev, the most easterly point of the Eurasian continent. Sail north to Wrangel Island, designated a ‘zapovednik’ during Soviet times, it continues to enjoy the highest degree of environmental protection, for good reason. Untouched by glaciers during the last Ice Age, its tundra boasts the Arctic’s greatest plant biodiversity, unchanged since mammoths made their last stand here 2,000 years ago. Home to the largest population of Pacific walruses, surrounded by waters alive with bowhead, grey and beluga whales, Wrangel and nearby Herald islands host the planet’s highest concentration of polar bear dens. Your Captain and Discovery Team leader will assess ice, weather and sea depth conditions to identify possible excursions each day. Explore the magnificent fjords to some of the world’s most remote wilderness where Chukchi reindeer herders stroll and walrus hunters roam on Ayon
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