ARCTIC/NERDSDossier
Expedition 001 · departs 2027

We are
explorers.

Arctic sailing expeditions aboard a 77 ft aluminium CNB. Svalbard's pack ice under the midnight sun. The northern lights from a dark deck at sea. This is not a cruise — it's an expedition, and there's a bunk with your name on it.

Mission
100 expeditions
Next
Expedition 001
Vessel
CAP II · 77 ft aluminium
Crew list
Open
The manifesto

This is what
we believe.

  1. 01

    The Arctic is not something you watch from a cruise-ship rail. You sail it, watch by watch, with your hands on the sheets.

  2. 02

    The sea is never conquered. It is respected, studied, and crossed with humility.

  3. 03

    An expedition without a plan B isn't brave — it's bad seamanship. Ice and weather command; the skipper decides.

  4. 04

    Miles are earned. Every leg counts toward your offshore ticket, not just your Instagram.

  5. 05

    Nerds prepare. We read the ice charts, we study the polar lows, we know why the aurora is green — and we'll teach you on watch.

  6. 06

    We explore to tell true stories. Every expedition is numbered and logged — 001 opens the book.

The mission
001 / 100

Bound for one hundred expeditions.

Our mission is simple and outsized: one hundred Arctic sailing expeditions. One hundred numbered passages, one hundred logbooks, one hundred crews who come home changed.

Expedition 001 departs Hondarribia, Spain in 2027: five legs, 2,500 nautical miles, 43°N to 78°N. The crew of 001 gets the first line in the book — forever.

Two seasons

Choose your Arctic.

Drifting arctic pack ice
01
Svalbard · May – August

Ice Season

The pack edge, calving glacier fronts, polar bears and walrus, and a sun that never sets. Ice navigation with a full high-latitude curriculum.

Berths from €4,200 · 10 days · full board
Aurora borealis over a Norwegian fjord
02
Tromsø · Lofoten · September – March

Aurora Season

The dark season: snow-covered fjords, black water, and the northern lights over the mast. Aurora watch from a blacked-out deck, far from any town glow.

Berths from €2,400 · 7 days · full board
The climb north

Five legs to the ice.

43°N → 78°N · 2.500 nm

01Hondarribia → Falmouthfrom €1,450
02Falmouth → Faroe Islandsfrom €2,900
03Faroes → Tromsøfrom €3,200
04Tromsø → Bear Islandfrom €1,650
05Bear Island → Svalbardfrom €1,450

Sail one leg or the whole climb. Every mile counts toward ISSA Offshore Skipper and Master of Yacht. Prices per berth, full board, sailing as working crew.

Cap II
The boat & the skipper

Cap II · 77 feet of aluminium.

A 77 ft CNB with an aluminium heart, being fitted for Arctic work: heating, redundant navigation, and a deck you can stand a watch on when the spray freezes. At the helm, Captain Erick Martinez and an ISSA-certified crew sailing in Spanish and English.

LOA
77 ft
Hull
Aluminium
Skipper
Erick Martinez
Polar bear · Svalbard
Polar bear · Svalbard
The ice edge
The ice edge
Tromsø · aurora base
Tromsø · aurora base
Crew list open

The book is open.
Put your name on 001.

Tell us which leg or season you want and your sailing experience (none is fine too). We'll send the full dossier: route, dates, kit and terms.