SWAN HELLENIC ANNOUNCES THE EXPERTS ACCOMPANYING ITS 2025 ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS, INCLUDING SPECTACULAR NORTHERN LIGHTS VOYAGES
Six world-renowned experts, including a former Prime Minister of Greenland, will be mixing with Swan Hellenic guests on board and on expeditions, while of course also delivering specialist lectures during this year's Arctic explorations from the pioneer of cultural expedition cruising. |
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SWAN HELLENIC ANNOUNCES THE EXPERTS ACCOMPANYING ITS 2025 ARCTIC EXPLORATIONS, INCLUDING SPECTACULAR NORTHERN LIGHTS VOYAGES
Six world-renowned experts, including a former Prime Minister of Greenland, will be mixing with Swan Hellenic guests on board and on expeditions, while of course also delivering specialist lectures during this year's Arctic explorations from the pioneer of cultural expedition cruising. |
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Swan Hellenic today announced the world-renowned expert lecturers and guides that are accompanying its 2025 Arctic Cultural Expedition Cruises.
At the same time, the company also confirmed booking is now available for all 40 of its 2025-2026 Arctic Voyages, sailing six thoughtfully-curated itineraries aboard the 5-star boutique ice-class ships SH Vega and SH Diana.
The four core itineraries are the 7-night roundtrip cruise Exploring Svalbard 2025-26, from Longyearbyen, Norway, the world’s northernmost settlement; the 10-night Iceland to Greenland Roundtrip Cruise 2025 from Reykjavik, Iceland; the 10-night Roundtrip Cruise to the Edge of the Arctic 2025-26 from Tromsø, Norway; and the 10-night Cruise from Iceland to Greenland 2025, sailing Reykjavik to Kangerlussuaq.
Complementing these are two longer cruises offering exceptional opportunities to experience the amazing Northern Lights from pristine arctic wilderness locations and the sea: the 16-night Greenland and Northern Lights Roundtrip Cruise from Kangerlussuaq, and 15-night Canadian Arctic and Northern Lights Cruise from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, to Halifax, Canada.
Transforming these once-in-a-lifetime experiences, guests will be accompanied by world authorities in their fields, who will give lectures, lead expeditions and take part in the social life on board.
The experts just announced for 2025 are, in order of departure:
Uli Reyer: A Ph.D. biologist and former professor at the University of Zurich, Uli is a specialist in animal behavior and Alpine birds. A seasoned Arctic lecturer, he blends science and myth-busting with adventure, bringing the polar world to life in German and English.
Uli will be accompanying guests on the 20 and 27 June 2025 sailings of Exploring Svalbard.
Urs H. Fischer: A glaciologist fascinated by ice, Urs has spent decades studying glacier dynamics across the Arctic, Himalayas and Alps. A passionate adventurer, he brings deep scientific insight into the frozen landscapes shaping our planet.
Urs will be accompanying guests on the 9-night Cruise from Svalbard to Norway from Longyearbyen, Svalbard, to Tromsø, Norway, departing on 22 June 2025, and two sailings of the 10-night Roundtrip Cruise to the Edge of the Arctic from Tromsø, Norway, departing on 1July 2025 and 11 July 2025.
Aleqa Hammond: Aleqa, Greenland’s first female Prime Minister, is a passionate advocate for Arctic culture, politics and the environment. Fluent in six languages, she shares deep insights into Greenland’s past, present and future with warmth and wisdom.
Aleqa will be accompanying guests on the 31 July 2025 sailing of Iceland to Greenland Roundtrip Cruise.
Arielle Montgomery: A Stanford-educated engineer turned Greenland advocate, Arielle (AKA ‘Icebergchick’) captures the Arctic’s beauty through photography. Passionate about Kalaallit culture and climate awareness, she inspires change through storytelling.
Arielle will be accompanying guests on the 10 August 2025 sailing of Iceland to Greenland Roundtrip Cruise from Reykjavik, and the 20 August 2025 sailing of Greenland in Depth from Reykjavik, Iceland, to Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.
Antony Jinman: A polar explorer, educator and entrepreneur, Antony is the 12th Briton to have skied to both the North and South Poles, the latter solo. He shares his adventures to inspire and educate on conservation, exploration and climate change.
Antony will be accompanying guests on the 16-night roundtrip Canadian Northwest Passage & Northern Lights, departing Kangerlussuaq, Greenland on the 30 August 2025.
Gabrielle Slowey: A political scientist and Fulbright Arctic Chair, Gabrielle researches Indigenous governance, resource politics and reconciliation. With decades of community-driven work, she brings deep insight into Arctic policy and self-determination.
Gabrielle will be accompanying guests on the 16-night roundtrip Canadian Northwest Passage & Northern Lights, departing Kangerlussuaq on 30 August 2025, and the 15-night Canadian Arctic and Northern Lights, departing Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, for Halifax, Canada, on 15 September 2025.
“We’re delighted to announce the experts accompanying our 2025 Arctic Cultural Expedition Cruises,” says Swan Hellenic Chief Commercial Officer Patrizia Iantorno.
“They’re all world authorities who are incredibly approachable and passionate about their fields. So they’ll bring transformative depth of knowledge and personal experience to our guests’ voyages seeing what others don’t.”
The experts who will be accompanying guests and working alongside the expedition teams on Swan Hellenic’s 2026 Arctic sailings are in the process of being finalized.
All Swan Hellenic cruises are fully inclusive and feature gourmet cuisine, specialist talks and hands-on, expert-led expeditions.
Complete information is available on the Swan Hellenic Website and a full-color brochure of all Swan Hellenic’s 2025-2026
About Swan Hellenic
Swan Hellenic was relaunched in July 2020 to proudly advance the spirit of cultural expedition cruising the company pioneered in the 1950s. Building on its British roots, the new company has a distinctly cosmopolitan culture dedicated to providing guests with global opportunities to see what others don’t.
Swan Hellenic's purpose-built boutique ships feature elegant Scandi-design interiors, extensive outdoor spaces and dedicated expedition facilities. SH Vega is a 5-star Polar Code PC 5 expedition cruise ship with ice-strengthened hull that was launched in July 2022. She accommodates 152 guests in 76 spacious suites and staterooms, the majority with large balconies. SH Diana is a slightly larger PC 6 ice-class vessel launched in April 2023. She accommodates 192 guests in the same distinctive comfort and style in 96 staterooms and suites.
While sharing the unique design features of her sister ship, SH Diana also introduces certain key enhancements, including a dedicated presentation and lecture theatre overlooking the lounge, and on-board Tender boats to take guests ashore in addition to and in greater comfort than the customary expedition Zodiacs. Like her sibling, SH Diana features a state-of-the-art gym, spa, panoramic sauna, club room and swimming pool with poolside grill.
Both ships feature three dining venues – the Swan Restaurant, Club Lounge and Pool Bar & Grill – and are built in full compliance with SOLAS Safe Return to Port requirements. Dedicated to guests with a passion for adventure and cultural exploration, the company’s meticulously planned itineraries explore the wild landscapes, wildlife, peoples and cultures of the world’s less travelled and most historic regions.
The crews each include a team of 12 seasoned expedition guides, expert speakers and lecturers, for a total complement of 120 and 140 persons respectively, offering outstanding staff-to-guest ratios to deliver the highest standards of attentive personal service.
Swan Hellenic’s cultural expedition cruises have always been distinguished by the company, guidance and expert lectures of famous explorers, seasoned expedition guides and leading authorities in their fields. Now, many of the cruises are also enriched by partnerships with unique organizations to bring very different experts on board in the same way, including JRE-Jeunes Restaurateurs and the SETI Institute.
Maris Culinary Discovery at Sea brings a different JRE gourmet chef aboard each in a series of exclusive cruises which take guests on a parallel voyage of gastronomic discovery. While the SETI Explore Space at Sea Series brings a different world-renowned scientist from the SETI Institute aboard each cruise to provide guests with expert insights into the history and latest discoveries in astronomy, astrophysics, astrobiology and planetary science, as well as the quest to find other forms of life within and beyond our solar system.
On many cruises, guests can also participate in Swan Hellenic’s Citizen Science partnerships, contributing valuable data obtained during their expeditions and on board, reporting cloud data with NASA, recording whale sightings with Happywhale, monitoring phytoplankton with the Secchi Disk Study, and Antarctic seabird numbers with Stony Brook University.
Headquartered in Cyprus with offices in London (serving the UK and Ireland), Dusseldorf (serving Continental Europe), Monaco, Fort Lauderdale (serving the North American market), Hong Kong (serving Greater China, India and South-East Asia), and Sydney (serving Australia-New Zealand), together with a partnership serving Japan, Swan Hellenic supports the travel trade with local specialist partners to provide customers with expert personal service worldwide.
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 Swan Hellenic announces the experts accompanying its 2025 Arctic explorations, including spectacular Northern Lights Voyages
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