The National Geographic Explorer cruise ship sails through icy waters filled with small ice chunks. The ship features a black hull with a bright yellow stripe and a multi-level white superstructure. Passengers line the deck against a background of snowy icebergs.

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic

Wild Arctic Shores: Circumnavigating Iceland and Exploring Greenland (2026-27 Expedition)

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National Geographic Explorer

A 1982 Norwegian coastal ferry with an ice-class hull, now the fleet's hardest-working polar ship

Aboard

  • Built at Ulstein Verft in 1982 and ran Norway's Hurtigruten coastal route for twenty-one years as Midnatsol
  • Ice class 1A hull, ice-reinforced and fully stabilized
  • Draft of 15 feet 7 inches, which is what gets her into the bays
  • 99 staff and crew for 148 guests, including the naturalists and the undersea team
  • Antarctica Direct voyages that cross the Drake one way and fly it the other

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Europe

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Santorini Coast
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Santorini Island
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Fira in Santorini
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A vibrant view of the historic Ribeira District along the Douro River in Porto, Portugal.
Porto, Portugal

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