These are UK-based tour operators and specialist travel agencies featuring trips to the polar regions - Antarctica and the Arctic. |
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| Abercrombie & Kent |
0845 0700610 |
Many years experience operating expeditionary-style cruises to Antarctica in the Explorer II. |
| Arctic Experience |
01737 214214 |
Arctic Experience is one of the best-known operators specialising in, well 'arctic experiences'. They've been around for 21 yrs (2006) and have a large programme of expeditionary, wildlife and wilderness tours to Iceland, Greenland, Spitzbergen and the Faroes. Part of the Discover the World group. |
| Arcturus Expeditions |
01389 830204 |
Arcturus offer their own expeditions (camping, walking), and arrange other activities (dog-sledding, sea-kayaking, cruises, etc) with other operators. Destinations in both the Antarctic and Arctic.
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| Exodus |
020 8675 5550 |
Exodus have a selection of four Antarctic expeditionary cruises ranging between 13 - 19 days, and two new Spitzbergen adventures in the Arctic. |
| Footprint Adventures |
01522 804929 |
Wide range of expedition cruises to Antartica and the region for naturalists, wildlife enthusiasts and birders. |
| Gap Adventures |
0870 999 0144 |
Major Canadian small-group worldwide adventure travel specialist (with an office in London) who own the 108-passenger arctic expedition ship, ms Explorer, which operates a year-round programme of cruises to the Arctic and Antarctic. |
| Journey Latin America |
020 8747 3108 |
A choice of Antarctic cruises on nine different ships. |
| Latin America Travel |
08704 424241 |
Well-known Latin America specialists with tours to the Falklands & Antarctica. |
| Natural Horizons |
020 8846 2622 |
Polar cruise brand of the Norwegian Coastal Voyage group offering Antarctic cruises and expeditionary cruises to other parts of the globe including, in the northern hemisphere, Alaska, Norway and Spitzbergen. |
| Ornitholidays |
01794 519445 |
Guided bird-watching cruises to Antarctica, the Falklands & South Georgia. |
| Pen Hadow Travel |
020 8399 6327 |
A polar guide company launched in the mid-nineties as 'The Polar Travel Company' by arctic explorer Pen Hadow, taking you to either pole. These days, instead of doing it themselves, they use another specialist, Voyage Concepts (see below), to arrange itineraries. |
| Peregrine Adventures |
01635 872 040 |
Cruises to Antarctica, the Falklands & South Georgia, and to the Arctic waters of Greenland, Newfoundland and the Northwest Passage, on two ships which they operate in conjunction with the Russian Academy of Science: the Peregrine Mariner aka Akademik Ioffe - the same ship that Exodus (above) uses - and Peregrine Voyager aka Akademik Sergei Vavilov. |
| Pole to Pole |
01737 214250 |
A wide range of expeditionary cruises to both polar regions offering a selection of themes and areas. Part of the Discover the World group. |
| Quark Expeditions |
01494 464080 |
 Major polar expedition cruise operator with a fleet of ice-breakers cruising to both Antarctica and the North Pole. |
| Real World Travel |
0870 736 4757 |
Small selection of Antarctic expedition cruises. |
| Select Latin America |
020 7407 1478 |
A wide range of Antarctic and South Atlantic cruises ranging from 4-days to 36-days. |
| Voyage Concepts |
020 8399 6060 |
Worldwide expeditions and adventure operator specialising in polar travel and mountain expeditions. |
| Voyage Jules Verne |
020 7616 1000 |
VJV offer cruises to the North Pole on the Russian Icebreaker Yamal. |
| Wildwings |
0117 9658 333 |
Wildwings offer a range of Antarctic cruises from Chile, but also to the pack ice from South Africa, to the sub-Antarctic islands below New Zealand, and a full circumnavigation. Also, if you have a fascination for the deep and deep pockets to go with it, they arrange dive trips in deep sea submersibles under the North Pole and arctic ice. |
| World Expeditions |
020 8870 2600 |
A small selection of Arctic and Antarctic voyages. |
| Worldwide Journeys & Expeditions |
020 7386 4646 |
Antarctic cruises on a choice of three ships. |
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