Svalbard or Churchill for polar bears: season, how you see them, getting there from the UK, the holidays
This guide is on its way. We're researching it now. Meanwhile, the voyages below go there, and the related guides cover a lot of the same ground.
Voyages that go there
Let an expedition team handle the landings, the Zodiacs and the polar bear watch.
HX Expeditions
Circumnavigating Spitsbergen: In the Realm of the Polar Bear
An all-inclusive expedition cruise that tries to sail right round Spitsbergen, flying in from Oslo.
- Circumnavigation attempt
- 80th parallel
From £7,468about £679 a day · per person
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Titan Travel
Arctic Wonders Expedition Cruise: a full circumnavigation of Svalbard
A longer escorted voyage round Svalbard with UK flights, a tour manager and a chauffeur to the airport.
- Circumnavigation
- Ny-Ålesund
- Fram Museum
PriceSee live priceTitan Travel site
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Exodus Adventure Travels
Svalbard in Summer: Tundra, Wildlife and the Midnight Sun
A small-ship Svalbard expedition flying in by charter from Helsinki.
- Zodiac landings
- Wildlife
PriceSee live priceExodus Adventure Travels site
See datesPrices are per person sharing, from the operators' own sites when we checked in October 2026. They change with dates and offers, so check the live price before you book.
