SCOTTISH ISLANDS & FAROES - Aberdeen to Oban or v.v.  Professor Molchanov / Grigory Mikheev
Our journey to the Faroes, Shetland and Hebrides is an island-hopping adventure. We visit Britain’s remotest islands – the lonely outpost of St. Kilda, which boasts huge bird colonies, Fair Isle, with its gannets and Foula, where a handful of people share their island home with thousands of Arctic Skuas, Great Skuas and Arctic Terns, while the surrounding seas are the domain of seals and Sea Otters. We may also come across whales and dolphins. While on land we visit renowned archaeological sites, such as the Picten Broch on Mousa and the 18th century village on North Rona. Various cabin levels from 1,900.00 US $ per person sharing. - SELECTED DEPARTURES: May 13 to June 10, 2004

FAROES TO SPITSBERGEN - Aberdeen to Longyearbyen   Professor Molchanov
This voyage sails north from the temperate Scottish Islands to the High Arctic archipelago of Spitsbergen. Along the way we call in at some of the most isolated North Atlantic islands. We visit North Rona, Mykines in the Faroes, and the island of Jan Mayen, home to thousands of Arctic seabirds and dominated by the volcanic cone of Mt. Beerenberg. There is a high probability of spotting large whales before we reach the rim of the pack ice and our first views of Spitsbergen. Various cabin levels available from 1,900.00 US $ per person sharing. - SELECTED DEPARTURE: June 10-21, 2004