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Appetite for Arctic Adventure with Oceania Cruises
Oceania Cruises' expertly crafted voyages, award-winning itineraries and emphasis on 'the finest cuisine at sea®' makes taking to the world's oceans an excursion in excellence.
Imagine sailing to the northernmost reaches of the globe, disembarking to experience the cold Arctic air passing through your hair as you’re pulled by huskies via dogsled through Norway’s mountain-flanked Adventdalen Valley. Or, cruising into the fjords of Greenland in search of humpback whales, in the shadow of the enormous saddleshaped mountain that rises from the heart of Sermitsiaq Island near Nuuk, eagles soaring overhead...
These sights and more await the intrepid traveller with Oceania Cruises’ Svalbard and Arctic Passage cruise, a 15-day exploration of some of the world’s most remote, most spectacular scenery, representing a one-of-a-kind Arctic adventure. Guests will revel in the small ship luxury and elegant ambience of the 1,210-guest Marina – one of the most acclaimed ships in modern history – a home at sea designed for culinary and travel connoisseurs.
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Oceania Cruise ship Marina at sea.
Sailing the Arctic Circle in style with Oceania Cruises
Departing from Tromsø, Norway, travellers get their first taste of the majestic fjords and mountains of the Arctic Circle. Once aboard, the spacious dimensions of Marina’s suites and staterooms exude a sense of relaxed luxury with their lustrous fabrics, custom-crafted furnishings and original artworks. While at sea, unwind in the library, sharpen your putting skills on the upper deck’s golfing greens, or book in for a hands-on cooking school at sea with The Culinary Center – if you have a hunger to try something new, Oceania Cruises can accommodate.
Pan-Asian fare awaits at Red Ginger, one of many dining options aboard Marina.
Speaking of culinary experiences, while cruising the Norwegian and Greenland Seas enroute to Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen), one can discover just why Oceania Cruises are renowned for offering The Finest Cuisine at Sea® with Marina’s numerous and distinctive open-seating restaurants, featuring menus crafted around the finest local ingredients and the most talented chefs from around the globe.
Dine whenever and wherever you choose – whether your tastes are for the authentic Italian dishes of Toscana, the steakhouse fare of Polo Grill, the French bistro cuisine of Master Chef Jacques Pepin at the eponymous Jacques, or the contemporary pan-Asian offering of Red Ginger, there’s something for every appetite and palate.
Learn new skills at The Culinary Center.
Elevated excursions with Oceania Cruises
Once in Spitsbergen, explore your options. Visit the husky farm for the abovementioned dogsledding experience through the pristine tundra landscape, after coffee and cake by the fireplace with the farm hosts. Or, cruise the remote waters of Isfjorden, where puffins, auks, kittiwakes and other seabirds nestle amongst the sea cliffs.
The picturesque port of Husavik, Iceland.
Such excursions typify the curated travel experiences Oceania Cruises guests can enjoy. Across the Greenland Sea, in the next port of Husavik, Iceland, discerning travellers can experience the open-air, mineral rich springs at Mývatn Nature Baths. Or, before the whale-watching that awaits in Nuuk, explore the tiny Greenlandic town of Paamiut with a local for the kind of intimate introduction to Old World ways of living that are all too rare to find these days.
With the world yearning to be discovered anew, there’s no better time to tick off the boxes on your bucket list – and with itineraries like this, few better luxury cruise lines to do it with than Oceania Cruises.
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