Quark Expeditions has announced that its new polar vessel, Ultramarine, is ready for booking during its inaugural Arctic season.

With voyages to Spitsbergen, Greenland and the Canadian Arctic, the season will include many new excursions and amenities exclusive to Ultramarine and Quark Expeditions.

Quark Expeditions president Andrew White said: “Ultramarine is a game changing new ship setting the industry standard for polar expeditions.

“For example, our brand-new Greenland Adventure is the perfect expedition to showcase her phenomenal capabilities.

“Guests on our exclusive Greenland Adventure will go further into Greenland’s remote wilderness than ever before, to enjoy a wide range of new adventure options and wilderness experiences, including heli-hiking, alpine kayaking, mountain biking and an authentic Greenland camp experience.”

The new ship, Ultramarine, combines ‘leading-edge’ technology and advanced safety systems to optimise the polar expedition experience, and include technical features that will minimise the ship’s environmental footprint to an extent ‘previously unseen for a vessel of this size’ says Quark.

New itineraries for Arctic 2021 include Greenland Adventure; Arctic Express Canada: The Heart of the Northwest Passage, which offers the most efficient way to experience Canada’s Arctic in nine days; and Canada’s Remote Arctic: Northwest Passage to Ellesmere and Axel Heiberg Islands.

In addition, Quark Expeditions will offer more off-ship activities with Ultramarine and its two twin-engine helicopters, including heli-hiking, heli-landing, flightseeing, alpine kayaking, a Greenland camp experience, mountain biking, and an ice sheet experience.

Ultramarine will also house 20 Zodiacs in a hangar close to the waterline, allowing guests to get off the ship in half the time of that of industry averages.

Supported by a multi-channel marketing campaign called “Q the Adventure,” Ultramarine will join Ocean Adventurer in a season that will feature a wide range of destinations, including Spitsbergen, Greenland, Iceland, Canada’s Northwest Passage and Russia’s most remote high Arctic.