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Svalbard, Greenland & Iceland

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Svalbard, Greenland, and Iceland form the arc of the High Arctic and North Atlantic, offering some of the planet's most dramatic polar landscapes. Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago deep inside the Arctic Circle, famous for polar bear sightings, glacier trekking, and the midnight sun. Greenland, the world's largest island, draws adventurers with its vast ice sheet, remote fjords, and indigenous Inuit culture. Iceland, the most accessible of the three, is renowned for its volcanic terrain, geothermal hot springs, Northern Lights, and the iconic Golden Circle. Together, these destinations attract expedition travellers, wildlife enthusiasts, and anyone chasing raw, untouched wilderness.

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Svalbard, Greenland & Iceland · 15 days

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Arctic Highlights: Solar Eclipse Edition — Self-Launched

A self-launched version of G Adventures' 15-day Arctic expedition from Longyearbyen (Svalbard) to Keflavík (Iceland), timed to the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse over Scoresbysund, East Greenland. Rather than a 128-passenger expedition ship with Zodiac landings, you build the trip from independent pieces: cheap-ish flights on the Svalbard/Iceland loop, a stay in Longyearbyen with day boat trips to the glacier fjords, a low-cost Hurtigruten/expedition-cruise cabin (or the cheaper Ittoqqortoormiit-by-air option) for the eclipse window, then a bus-and-hostel run around Iceland's south coast. Be realistic: a ship-based Arctic eclipse is one of the few trips where DIY can still be expensive — expedition cruise berths alone run £2,500–£4,500 — but by booking your own flights, choosing a shared twin cabin on a repositioning/one-off sailing, and building the Svalbard and Iceland legs yourself, you can cut the total by roughly a third versus the operator's small-group price. All figures are approximations and prices for eclipse-season Arctic travel rise steeply the closer you book.

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