Cruise vacations in the Canadian Arctic

Northern Canada is home to some of the most strikingly beautiful landscapes anywhere in the world. As you'll discover on one of our Canadian arctic tours, this region is truly spectacular. 

The travel experts at canadapolarbears.com can help you plan an Arctic tour. We take care of all the details, from arranging wildlife tours, accommodations, and unique local experiences. You get to relax and enjoy making memories.

Arctic adventure in Canada

When people hear the word "Arctic", many immediately think of a barren, lifeless and largely featureless landscape. The Canadian Arctic is anything but an endless expanse of snow-covered sameness. The Canadian islands which lie in and near the Arctic Circle contain some of the most strikingly beautiful landscapes anywhere in the world. As you'll discover when you visit Canada's Arctic regions, this is a place which is anything but lifeless.

A summer cruise is a great way to experience the unearthly beauty of the Canadian Arctic and discover the abundance of Arctic wildlife living in places like Baffin Island, Nunavut Territory and Smith Sound, NT year round or as fellow summer vacationers. If you've always wanted to visit the world's largest island or see migratory seabirds and narwhal in their Arctic homes, Canada Polar Bears can help you book a truly unforgettable tour of the Canadian Arctic.

There are summer cruises which offer a unique Canadian vacation experience! Greenland, the largest island in the world, is a Danish territory which lies across the Baffin Bay.  You can discover Greenland on a summer cruise in the Arctic.

Majestic Arctic Landscapes and Wildlife

You'll cruise through dramatic fjords and visit charming fishing villages on Greenland's west coast before heading west across Baffin Bay to Canada's Arctic Archipelago. Keep an eye out as you sail along Melville Bay; this area is a shoreline reserve where you may see beluga whales, narwhal and even polar bears!

During your cruise, you might spot dovekie, northern fulmars, ivory gull and many other Arctic seabirds; these summer cruises are a bird watcher's dream. 

Some summer cruises stop at Aujuittuq, Nunavut Territory. Meaning "the land which never thaws", Aujuittuq, NT is a small Inuit community which lies well north of the Arctic Circle on Baffin Island and is the northernmost town in Canada. If your Canadian Arctic summer cruise vacation includes Aujuittuq, you'll be among the lucky few who have the opportunity to do so; the town is rarely seen by outsiders and largely unknown outside of Nunavut Territory, Canada.

Your summer cruise tour of Canada's Arctic regions will likely include a few of Canada's incredible Arctic islands. The imposing cliffs of Somerset Island, Nunavut are the home of more than 350,000 migratory birds! The island is part of the Prince Leopold bird sanctuary and a spectacular sight, even if you're not an avid bird watcher, you'll want to take plenty of pictures here. You can also admire Devon Island's flat-topped mountains and glacial valleys.

Beechey Island is a historical site famous for its stone cairns and memorials to Arctic explorers who lost their lives attempting to reach the Northwestern Passage. It's a place of somber beauty and a fitting last stop to a Canada summer cruise through the Arctic before you head home with many photographs and a lifetime of memories of your Canadian adventure.

If you'd like to take a Canadian vacation cruise to some of the country's most remote and beautiful locations or watch narwhal, seabirds and Arctic fox, Canada Polar Bears can help you plan an unforgettable summer holiday in Canada which takes you to these and other unique locations.