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 seal 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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David & Maureen Macleod
We have been home a few days now, but are still ‘blown away’ by our holiday in Svalbard. We will remember our time in the Arctic forever. The hospitality and the food on the ship were excellent, and the guides were 5 star plus. This has proved to have been one of our best holidays ever, and one which we would hope to repeat.
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David & Jackie March
We have just come back from Svalbard and have had the most wonderful time! It passed our wildest dreams. Thank you to everyone who helped us to organise it. The whole holiday from booking to going and being there has been excellent.
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Peggy Gerick
I want to thank you for the fabulous trip to Svalbard. It far exceeded my expectations of this polar region. We had wonderful sightings of polar bear, reindeer, walruses, an arctic fox, harp seals, bearded seals, humpback whales, many sea birds and arctic flowers.
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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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Cecilia Olsson Jers
...Men jag är också nöjd med att jag fick ny kunskap om natur- och djurvård. Tycker nog att jag är rätt bra på att ha miljötänk i vanliga fall, men att vara omgiven av så rena, klara färger i naturen gjorde något med mig som kommer att påverka mig resten av mitt liv märker jag. Vi hade klarblå himmel i stort sett hela veckan vilket säkert gjorde sitt till att det rena och storslagna framträdde extra tydligt, men även om jag fattar att det inte alltid ser ut så, blev jag varse min lilla roll i att vara rädd om den natur och de djur vi har.
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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.