Arctic Winter & Spring · October to end of April
Spirit of Shackleton
Discover what you're truly capable of, in the same spirit that brought Shackleton's entire crew home alive.
6 nights · 7 days · From Tromsø · 6–8 guests · Oct–April · From 72,000 NOK per person
≈ US$7,800 · £5,800 · €6,900 · A$11,100 · approx. onlyA winter week in the Lyngen Alps and the fjords beyond Skjervøy, aboard a heated catamaran that carries you to anchorages no road can reach. This is not a cruise and not a survival ordeal. It is a slow, deliberate build, from your first steps on snow to a night you spend in a shelter you helped carve from it.
Your hosts
Cruise & Storm Ferreira.
Between them, 40,000+ nautical miles under sail, formal Arctic outdoor and survival training, professional cooking, wildlife photography, and marine safety and crisis certification.
Our story →Sample itinerary
A ladder, not a checklist.
The week is built as a ladder, not a checklist. Each day adds a skill to the last, so that what feels out of reach on the first morning feels natural by the last night.
Day 01
Lines off toward Lyngen
Pick up any kit you'll need for the week at the gear shop in Tromsø, then board at 10:00 for a safety briefing and your cabin. An easy first day: around seven hours of coastal sailing toward West Lyngen; take the helm, read, or watch the coast slide by. Welcome dinner aboard.
Weather writes the final draft. The route stays responsive to conditions, ice and the aurora forecast; the experiences are fixed, the exact order is not.
Made for mixed groups
Every day has a fuller version and a gentler one.
Come as you are. Every day offers a fuller version and a gentler one: a longer summit or a shorter loop, a full cold plunge or a warm seat by the fire, a night in the shelter or a night in your cabin. No one is left out and no one is pushed past their edge. The heated catamaran is never more than a short distance away, and the crew reads the group every morning to shape the day around it. Couples of different fitness, families with teenagers, and solo travellers all share the same week, each meeting it on their own terms.
The vessel as basecamp
A heated, mobile centre to the wild.
Home for the week is a 2024 Lagoon 51 catamaran: heated, comfortable, and quietly capable. It carries you to fjords with no road in, then becomes the warm centre you return to each evening.
More on the boat →Who leads it
Small crew, deep experience.
You travel with the Ferreira brothers, Cruise and Storm. Between them, decades in Arctic and African wilderness: outdoor and survival guiding, tens of thousands of nautical miles under sail, professional cooking, wildlife photography, and formal marine safety and crisis training. Small crew, deep experience, nothing left to chance.
Our story →
Who it's for
A moderate level of fitness: comfortable walking two to four hours on snow at a relaxed pace with breaks. No sailing or winter experience needed, and no need to swim. Open to solo travellers, couples, and families with teens (13+).
The facts
- Season: October to April
- 6–8 guests
- Departs & returns Tromsø
- Minimum age 13
Book this expedition
Upcoming departures.
Whole boat, up to 8 guests
from 410,000 NOK
The whole catamaran · exclusive use by your group.
≈ US$44,000 · £33,000 · €40,000 · A$63,000 · approx. onlyShared cabin
from 72,000 NOK per person
≈ US$7,800 · £5,800 · €6,900 · A$11,100 · approx. onlyPrivate cabin
from 80,000 NOK per person
≈ US$8,600 · £6,400 · €7,700 · A$12,300 · approx. onlyThe whole boat. Take the catamaran for your own group of up to eight, on one of our scheduled departures, or on dates arranged with us. It suits families, groups of friends and photography groups: with one group aboard, the week is shaped around you rather than around strangers.
Enquire about full boat →Choose a departure and send a request. Nothing is charged now; we confirm your spot personally, then send a secure payment link.
Book a custom trip or private departure
Own dates, own group, own itinerary; we'll build the voyage around you.
Enquire →Prefer to talk it through? Speak to Cruise or Storm directly.
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