For more than 25 years, we have taken adventurous travellers on small ship expedition cruises through the world’s most breathtaking and untouched wildernesses – the Arctic and Antarctica. Our four expedition ships in Svalbard and Greenland accommodate only 12 or 50 passengers at most. These ships not only access the Arctic’s most secluded spots and narrow fjords but also offer an intimate, crowd-free way to immerse yourself in nature. Imagine observing a walrus on an ice floe with a small group of just 11 fellow enthusiasts instead of hundreds. Sustainability is at the heart of what we do. We measure all our emissions and invest in climate projects that effectively reduce them.
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Nicole Sierens - Svalbard, May 2026
The trip gets 10 out of 10 because of the quality of the guides. All were very knowledgeable, attentive with a good sense of humour. The food was delicious. There is a lot of choice and the quality of the food was very good. The Filipino staff were very good at their job. When going on land, there was a suitable activity for eveyone, no-one had to be left out.
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Christina Sjödal - Svalbard, May 2026
The trip gets 10 out of 10 thanks to the professional team of guides, who were both friendly and extremely knowledgeable. M/S Quest, her captain and crew were excellent. Everything was simply fantastic!
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Janet & Eddie Brown
Our trip was faultless, everything was so well organised, and every person so pleasant. We have travelled a lot, to over 80 countries in the world, with different companies, but yours “PolarQuest” certainly came out the top, yes you are our no. 1 company.
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Yvonne Higgs McHugh & Tony Brake
In my experience, a wonderful thing about your company, i.e. all the staff and crew, is that everyone tries their very best, and they are so well selected for the jobs they are doing. Intelligence, personality, experience… it made the trip a charmed cruise from planning to completion. The support I got from you in the office was excellent – everything went as planned and all details were correct!
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Richard Guida
Exceptional care, attentiveness to each individual via small groups, accommodations of the highest standard in adventure travel, unique and extraordinary land and seascapes in regions largely inhospitable to large vessel, excellent meals and service by the seasonal ship crew, informative lectures and expert leadership by the guides and a tightly knit office staff that is available to answer all questions and solve most problems and/or concerns. POLAR QUEST is a very unique company that few larger ones can equal in all aspects of polar adventure.