Experience a destination that few ever have the chance to explore: the floe edge of Admiralty Inlet, at the north end of Baffin Island in Canada’s arctic. Spring and summer are fleeting in this land of mountains and fiords, but during this brief window wondrous life abounds in the 24-hour sun.
Life on the Floe Edge
from $8,399.00 CAD Financing Available 9 Days Tour
Trip Highlights
- Explore Arctic Bay, one of Canada's most Northern towns
- Adventure to the floe edge on Skidoos and qamutik
- Spend 6 nights sleeping in a heated tent on the floe edge
- See polar bears, narwals, beluga whales, and lots of other arctic animals
- Interact and talk with the local Inuit guides
Accommodation
Taqqut Inns North
The Taqqut Inns North features ten twin rooms including private bathrooms, cable TV, wi-fi, laundry facilities, and guest lounge.
Room Type: TBD
Itinerary
Guests will be picked up by taxi or shuttle at the airport in Arctic Bay. On arrival, guests will be met and transferred to the ‘Tangmaaqvik Hotel’ or home stay for our overnight accommodation.
Transportation: Welcome to Arctic Bay
Accommodation: Taqqut Inns North - TBD
Meals: D
Journey to the Floe Edge
After breakfast, we will be picked up by our local guides and transferred by skidoo to a purpose-built temporary camp by the Floe Edge. The journey will take around 4 hours and we will enjoy the stunning Arctic scenery en route. On arrival in camp, we will be allocated to heated tents and enjoy our first afternoon looking for arctic wildlife at the Floe Edge. There is a good chance of seeing Polar Bear and Narwhal at this time of the year.
Tour: Journey to the Floe Edge
Meals: B, L, D
The beautiful ‘Floe Edge’; also known as the ‘Line of Life’. Although June is start of the Arctic summer, we will still expect daytime temperatures only just above freezing and dropping to around minus 3 at night; so our expedition camp is set up to provide a good level of comfort, despite its remote location. Each tent has a propane heater and proper ‘cot beds’ with bedding. We will have some food that is served in the Inuit community, such as maktaaq, seal meat and char. For breakfast, enjoy bacon, sausage, ham, eggs, cereal, milk, juice, coffee, tea, etc. For lunch we serve soup, sandwiches, cheese, crackers, pickles. For dinner, assorted vegetables, salads, rice, potatoes, fish, steak, salmon, haddock, etc. The Floe Edge is about 4 hours from the hotel; so we have very good specialist Arctic exploration tents to sleep in; which are heated. We have a separate food tent and will be looked after by a local cook and their assistant.
The Floe Edge is truly a remarkable experience, where each year over a small 3-4 week period, we have a chance to see some species which are normally found far in the Arctic Ocean. At this time of the year, we have the migration of both Walruses and Beluga Whales, so these are two of the species we will be looking for. Taking the lead from our local Inuit guides we follow the Floe Edge for days of discovery, possible narwhal watching, and the chance to see a variety of sea birds, polar bears, seals, and possibly beluga and bowhead whales. Since we will experience close to 24 hours of sun at this time of the year; there will be long full days looking to find and photograph animals perfectly adapted to survive in this challenging environment.
Tour: Five Full Days at the Beautiful Floe Edge
Meals: B, L, D
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We will enjoy a final morning at the Floe Edge before enjoying a scenic skidoo ride back to Arctic Bay, where we will once again overnight at the Taqqut Inns North or home stay.
Transportation: Skidoo Ride Back to Arctic Bay
Accommodation: Taqqut Inns North - TBD
Meals: B, L, D
Guests will be shuttled back to the airport to connect with their outbound international flights.
Transportation: Transfer to the Airport
Meals: B
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