French cruise line Ponant has put its summer 2023 Arctic programme on sale. 

A total of 30 sailings are available in destinations including Spitsbergen, Greenland, Iceland, North America and the Russian Arctic.

Highlights include a 12-day ‘Islands and fjords: from Greenland to Spitsbergen’ cruise between July 31 and August 12, which departs from Reykjavik and sails along Greenland’s east coast to Ammassalik Island to discover Inuit culture. Prices start from £8,830.

From August 28 to September 21, guests can take a ‘The Northeast Passage’ cruise, which sails from Norway to Alaska via the Northeast Passage - a well-known maritime route ice-bound for the majority of the year. Prices start from £14,210.

A 12-night ‘The Russian Arctic between Wrangel and Chukotka’ sailing from September 21 to October 3 offers a rare opportunity to sail in the Bering Strait, while a nine-night ‘Pristine Spitsbergen’ cruise explores the ice floes, polar bears and glaciers of the Arctic Far North between August 19 and 29. Prices start from £7,410 and £7,430 respectively.

An opportunity to sail amid the Northern Hemisphere’s largest producers of ice is available on the line's ‘Expedition to the Thule region’ itinerary along Baffin Sea shores, which runs across 16 nights between July 25 and August 10 and starts from £13,490.

An eight-day Expedition Voyage into the heart of Spitsbergen, the largest island in the Svalbard archipelago, is also on offer, with several departures from Longyearbyen between May and August.