Expedition Experience · Boutique Cruise · Max 100 Passengers

Experience an Authentic,
Small-Ship Expedition Cruise.

Antarctica, the Arctic, North Atlantic, East Canada's Coast and Caribbean / Central America. Aboard with our expert crew, who live for the edge of the chart.

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100
Max Guests Per Voyage
20+
Years at Sea
40K+
Nautical Miles
100%
Expedition Focus
Current Season

Upcoming Expeditions

Each voyage is limited to 100 guests. Once a departure is full, it's gone. These are not tours - they are shared expeditions.

Fiddle & Sticks✦ Open
Fiddle & Sticks
Jun 19, 2027

A short, spirited voyage through Nova Scotia and the Gulf of St. Lawrence - Celtic fiddle music, historic fortresses, and Canada's wild East Coast.

$2,450 / person
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East Coast Ships & Ciders✦ Open
East Coast Ships & Ciders
Jun 26, 2027

A week along Canada's East Coast - historic fortresses, French island culture, and Atlantic seabird colonies, all within easy reach of home port.

$2,450 / person
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Scotland to Iceland Journey✦ Open
Scotland to Iceland Journey
May 19, 2027

Trace one of history's great ocean passages - Orkney, the Hebrides, Shetland, and the Faroe Islands - before making landfall on Iceland's southern coast.

$10,880 / person
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Why Expedition Experience

Not a Cruise. An Expedition.

The difference between watching the ocean pass by and actually being part of it.

Intimate

Max 100 guests. A boutique scale where the crew and fellow travellers feel like a community.

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Remote

Destinations unreachable by larger vessels. The places most travellers only read about.

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Authentic

A genuine small-ship expedition. Real conditions, real reward - not a floating mega-resort.

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Responsible

Minimum footprint, maximum respect. For the sea, the wildlife, and the places we visit.

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Expert-Led

Naturalists, historians, and seasoned sailors - leading, teaching, sharing.

"Expedition Experience is priced at a premium because the experience is genuinely rare - not because the cabins have marble bathrooms."

- Expedition Experience
From the Log

Field Notes & Stories

Written by crew and guests from the water. No PR gloss - just what it's actually like out there.

expedition cruise east canada
Why Eastern Canada Is One of the World's Most Overlooked Expedition Routes

Fewer than 350 North Atlantic right whales exist. They spend their summers in Atlantic Canada — one of the world's most overlooked expedition destinations.

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How Our Expedition Leaders Are Chosen — And Why It Matters | Expedition Experience

Expedition Experience leaders come from scientific fieldwork, not guiding careers. Here's why that distinction transforms what passengers experience on board.

expedition cruise responsible travel
What "Responsible Expedition Travel" Actually Means (Beyond the Buzzword)

Wildlife protocols, site rotation, carbon honesty, community benefit — how to tell a genuinely responsible expedition operator from one that just claims to be.

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