Poseidon Expeditions is a leading provider of polar expeditions in the cruise industry, and a member of the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operatorsand the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators.
Poseidon Expeditions, which specialises in Arctic and Antarctic cruises, will add new destinations for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.
The company maintains two vessels :
New 2019 Sea Spirit Itineraries
The Scotland Highlands to Arctic Glaciers
Guests depart on Sea Spirit from Leith (Edinburgh), Scotland, and cruise to Norway's Longyearbyen (Spitsbergen), tracking routes of Vikings who invaded Scotland's (among other) coastlines in search of arable land – and gold.
Guests visit:
Best of the British Isles
A second new aboard Sea Spirit is theBest of the British Isles cruise, whichbegins in Plymouth, UK, and proceeds along the Scottish coast visiting theislands of Scotland and Ireland.
Poseidon Expeditions is also adding a second departure of its East Greenland Under the Dome of Northern Lights cruise and two departures of the Franz Josef Land Archipelago - Russian High Arctic cruise.
50 Years of Victory
Poseidon Expeditions will offer three prime season departures in 2019 of its signature Expedition to the Top of the World, a 13-day voyage to the North Pole aboard the nuclear-powered 50 Years of Victory.
The gateway is Murmansk, Russia
The voyage includes sightseeing helicopter flights across a frozen land and seascape.
After celebrations at the North Pole, on the south-bound voyage Poseidon Expeditions brings passengers through Franz Josef Land, an archipelago of 191 uninhabited, volcanic, mostly glaciated islands (part of the Russian Arctic National Park).