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16-Night Cruise on MS Fridtjof Nansen — Seattle to Vancouver (Sep 7, 2026)
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Departure
Monday, September 7, 2026
Arrival
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Duration
16 nights
Departing from
Seattle, USArriving at
Vancouver, CAShip
MS Fridtjof Nansen
Cruise Line
HX Expeditions
Day-by-day schedule
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Monday, September 7, 2026
Primary departure port for Alaska cruises. Smith Cove Cruise Terminal at Pier 91.
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Wednesday, September 9, 2026
Nome is an Arctic-coast Alaskan town on the Bering Sea, just south of the Arctic Circle. Expedition ships tender passengers to a gold-rush-era main street of low wooden buildings — Nome is the finish line of the Iditarod and a working mining town. Excursions focus on muskox and reindeer drives along the Council Road and visits to the old gold dredges rusting on the tundra. Calls are expedition-scale and weather-dependent.
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