One Ocean Expeditions is set to launch a new seven-night voyage of Canada’s northernmost province, developed to appeal to a wider international market. Ask Aussie travel agents where you can cruise in Canada, most will identify the Inside Passage, St Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes or the Maritime region, according to...
One Ocean Expeditions is set
to launch a new seven-night
voyage of Canada’s northernmost
province, developed to appeal to
a wider international market.
Ask Aussie travel agents where
you can cruise in Canada, most
will identify the Inside Passage, St
Lawrence Seaway, Great Lakes or
the Maritime region, according to
One Ocean Expeditions director
Reinoud Daniels.
Only a small number are aware
of the options available north
of Manitoba and Quebec, in the
province of Nunavut, Daniels told
CW last week at the Rendez-vous
Canada 2015 trade show.
One Ocean has been operating
voyages in the region for a number
of seasons, with its core product
– a 12-night sailing between
Iqaluit and Cambridge Bay & vice
versa – centred on the Northwest
Passage and Baffin Island.
The majority of Baffin Island is
located within the Arctic Circle,
and between Aug and Sep it is a
haven for sealife and wildlife.
Daniels said the rugged terrain
is teeming with seabirds, polar
bears, seals, muskox and walrus,
with beluga and narwhal also
commonly spotted.
Its polar research designed ship
Akademik Ioffe accommodates 98
pax and accesses remote sections
of Baffin Island using Zodiacs.
The line’s cruise priorities are
focused on hikes, wildlife spotting,
history and photography.
For 2016, One Ocean is offering
a week-long voyage in the region,
which Daniels says is “sharply
priced” and will appeal to Aussies
who could combine the cruise
with a fly-drive package or coach/
rail tour of the Canadian Rockies.
The shorter cruise operates
roundtrip from Resolute, enabling
guests to gain quicker entry into
the “heart of the action”.
Sister ship Akademik Ioffe
Vavilov also operates two sailings
of the Northwest Passage.
The region is accessed from
Edmonton or Ottawa, charter
services One Ocean can organise.
Daniels told Cruise Weekly in
Niagara Falls last week that with
greater awareness and education
of Nunavut, agents will be able
to better sell the destination and
One Ocean’s adventure product.
See oneoceanexpeditions.com.
