A high Arctic archipelago situated between Norway and the North Pole, Svalbard is a place of deep fjords, snow-capped mountains, massive sheets of ice, and magnificent polar bears. Travel under the midnight sun aboard the National Geographic Explorer and experience nature in its purest form.

• Search for the very symbol of the Arctic — the polar bear — and observe these majestic creatures in their natural habitat.
  
  
• Take naturalist-led shore walks, and cruise among beautiful passing icebergs in a Zodiak or kayak.
  
  
• Experience the legendary midnight sun: the ethereal light of the northern summer, when the sun never sets.
  
  
• Watch for huge walruses, bearded and ringed seals, arctic foxes, and reindeer along the edge of the pack ice.