The rates include:
- Shipboard accommodation with housekeeping
- Shipboard breakfasts, lunches and dinners
- Shore landings included in daily program
- Group helicopter transfers and sightseeing flights included in the daily program
- Professional Expedition Leadership
- All Zodiac excursions and transfers
- Formal and informal educational presentations by the Expedition Team
- Photographic Journal on DVD, documenting the voyage
- The loan of a pair of waterproof boots for the duration of the voyage
- Expedition Cruise parka to keep
- A selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
- Hair dryer and bathrobes in each cabin
- Comprehensive pre-departure package including Arctic Reader and map
- All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program
- All shipboard luggage handling
- Emergency Evacuation Insurance to a maximum benefit of US$100,000 per person
- All Zodiac excursions and transfers included in the daily program
The price does not include:
- Airfare to and from your hometown
- Helicopter flying time in excess of that offered for the group
- Passport and visa expenses
- Government arrival and departure taxes
- Meals ashore, other than the breakfasts included with the hotel accommodation
- Baggage, cancellation and medical travel insurance
- Excess baggage charges
- Laundry and other personal charges unless specified
- Shipboard and land telecommunication fees
- Voyage-end gratuities for Crew, Hospitality and Expedition Team members
- Any overnight accommodations required due to flight connections
- Ballooning at the North Pole