| Le Charcot first Arctic sailings

PONANT’S Le Commandant Charcot’s (render pictured) inaugural Arctic voyages for 2022 have been released.

Open for sale now, the North Pole will feature heavily in Le Commandant’s inaugural season.

Departing from Spitsbergen, the ship will sail for 15 nights on three departures from Jul to Aug 2022 from $40,310 per person twin share.

Another highlight will be Nordaustlandet, located in Svalbard, which can be visited on either a nine- or 11-day cruise.

The program will take in the scenery of Kongsfjorden, then the Northwest Spitsbergen National Park, the Northeast Svalbard Nature Reserve, Kvitoya, and the Hinlopen Strait renowned for its glaciers and basalt islands.

This sailing will depart twice, on 15 or 28 Jun 2022, from $17,670pp.

“Knowing the thrill of embarking on totally new routes, at a pace governed by nature, the 10 sailings from Apr to Sep 2022 are odysseys in every sense of the word, exposes discovering our planet’s northernmost pristine wildernesses,” said General Manager Sales & Marketing Asia Pacific Deb Corbett.