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69 68 RUSSIA ALASKA EASTERN RUSSIA & WRANGEL ISLAND Where mammoth and sabre-toothed tigers once roamed, these remote northern islands unveil their pristine natural environments alongside a warm welcome from the indigenous Siberian Yupik who call this distant region home. This sailing visits Wrangel Island, probably the most populous polar bear habitat on earth. A cruise to this isolated Arctic region is a unique adventure. Landing on Wrangel Island feels like stepping into prehistoric Earth. Across Eastern Russia, the hammocky tundra is home to unique flora and fauna, and is one of the best places on earth to see polar bears, Pacific walrus, puffins and snow geese. In these far-flung abundant areas, you’ll meet the indigenous Siberian Yupik and learn about their culture. Sailing on 19th July 2022 Duration 15 days Sailing from Nome, Alaska Sailing to Nome, Alaska Ship SH Minerva Far East Arctic Highlights Itineraries are correct at time of going to print and maybe subject to change. Polar Bear sitting on an ice floe Wrangel Island Yttygran Island INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE WRANGEL ISLAND Kolyuchin Island Medvezhiy Islands Ushakova Cape Cape Florens Krasin Bay Cape Waring Ayon Island Cape Dezhnev Proliv Senyavina Yttygran Island Nome Provideniya Day Visiting • 1 Nome, Alaska • 2 Provideniya, Russia • 3 Cape Dezhnev/Uelen Village, Russia • 4 Kolyuchin Island, Alaska • 5 At Sea • 6 Ayon Island, Russia • 7 Medvezhiy Islands, Russia • 8 At Sea • 9 Ushakova Cape, Wrangel Island • 10 Cape Florens, Wrangel Island • 11 Krasin Bay & Cape Waring, Wrangel Island • 12 At Sea • 13 Proliv Senyavina Hot Springs & Yttygran Island, Russia • 14 Provideniya, Russia • 15 Nome, Alaska RUS S I AN FAR EAST AYON ISLAND Visit a quaint museum set up by local children, then venture to the outskirts of Ayon Village to explore a Neolithic settlement. PROVIDENIYA Learn more about Yupik culture on a visit to a settlement at Novoye Chaplino overlooking a picturesque fjord. KRASIN BAY & CAPEWARING See the relics of a 3,400-year-old Paleo- Eskimo camp, a huge number of polar bear dens and beaches strewn with long- extinct dwarf mammoth tusks. YTTYGRAN ISLAND Stretch your legs and ponder the origins of Whale Bone Alley, an eerie archaeological site lined with whale bones, some five metres high. MEDVEZHIY ISLANDS Polar bears famously frequent this isolated archipelago. The natural rock pillars on Chetyrbok Stolbovoy are a sight to behold.