Land of the Polar Bears

11-day voyage aboard the National Geographic Explorer
Discover the wilderness and wildlife of Arctic Norway by Zodiac, kayak, and hiking

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June 08 - 18, 2012
June 15 - 25, 2012
June 22 - July 02, 2012
June 29 - July 09, 2012
July 06 - 16, 2012
June 07 - 17, 2013
June 14 - 24, 2013
June 21 - July 01, 2013
June 28 - July 08, 2013

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Polar Bears Video

Related National Geographic Features

Ice Paradise

National Geographic Magazine, April 2009
By Bruce Barcott, Photographs by Paul Nicklen
The rich life of Svalbard, Norway’s Arctic archipelago, faces a creeping thaw. More »

On Thin Ice

National Geographic Magazine, July 2011
The Arctic is warming so fast that by 2050 it may be largely ice free in summer. Without their frozen hunting platform, how will polar bears survive? More »

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