Join "Akademik Shokalskiy" on a voyage from Murmansk, Russia throught the North East Passage. Akademik Shokalskiy is a terrific expedition ship. Built in Finland in 1983, she is ice-strengthened and has stabilizers for more comfortable cruises.

On this journey, our aim is to stand at 900 North. Sailing aboard the world's largest icebreaker, we head north from Murmansk through dense, multi-year pack ice to the North Pole.

If unique wildlife and rugged Arctic landscapes are what you're after, this is the expedition for you

Discovered less than 150 years ago in the far north of Russia is Franz Josef Land, one of the most remote and raw Arctic landscapes in the world.

Join the National Geographic Explorer on an expedition voyage from St. Petersburg, Russia, via Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Latvia, Poland and Germany to Copenhagen, Denmark.