Quark Expeditions

Quark Expeditions


Since 1991, Quark Expeditions has specialized in expedition cruising to the Arctic and Antarctica, in ships with ice-strengthened hulls or in icebreakers. Polar travelers will enjoy unparalleled technical expertise, leadership and passion for expedition trips to the Arctic and Antarctica.

Their first voyage - The Transpolar Bridge Cruise - began July 27, 1991, in Murmansk, Russia. The ship was the nuclear powered icebreaker Sovetskiy Soyuz, an older sister of 50 Years of Victory. She sailed across the top of the world via Franz Josef Land, the North Pole, the New Siberian Islands, the Wrangel Island area and the Chukotka Peninsula. That first group of adventurers disembarked in Provideniya. Their second adventure began in that same city on August 18, 1991.

 


WHEN TO CRUISE?


World cruises visit the region from: January to March

You may also find repositioning cruises in April and October.

Cruises on the east coast are now becoming a year round feature. Weather will depend on the cruise area and time of year;

  • Kenya is driest from December to March

  • Madagascar and Mauritius are at their most humid with possible cyclones from January to March.


Most places will be hot and sometimes humid while Southern Africa will offer a more temperate climate.

   

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