Arctic Adventures

More to do than you ever imagined!

Kayak Falls, Cunningham Inlet, NunavutHiking through the badlandsBeluga whales enjoy the sun!Kayaking with Beluga WhalesFishing for Arctic Char!ATV Crosses a creekRafting the Cunningham RiverGull Canyon, Somerset IslandWatching a herd of muskoxenPlaying on piled up ice near Arctic Watch!
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Set against the vast and incredibly beautiful Arctic tundra, your Arctic Watch adventure offers an unexpected range of activities. You can participate in as much or as little as you wish- It’s your adventure. Here are just a few of the ways you can spend your time as a guest of Arctic Watch Lodge.

Arctic Watch lodge offers many types of trips. Choose your own Adventure.

Arctic Watch Exploration 2012

Created especially for return visitors who want to expand their exploration of Somerset Island.

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Northwest Passage Marathon

The Northwest Passage Marathon on Somerset Island in Nunavut, Canada, is North America’s most northerly marathon and ultramarathon.

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Discovery Programs

An exciting week or two that lets guests experience many of the “typical” arctic summer activities Arctic Watch has to offer!

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Steve Amarualik Youth Leadership Program

This program will include not only backpacking, kayaking, rafting, exploring, participating in scientific research, and guiding but also a leadership-building curriculum designed to challenge the team and strengthen individuals. The program leader is a professional in the field of youth outdoor education.

Learn more about Steve Amarualik Youth Leadership Program

Photographers Adventure

Canadian Arctic Holidays offers personal guides at Arctic Watch for photographers with specific requirements.

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Private Bookings

Arctic Watch can provide fully customized programs lasting a minimum of three days—or as long as you wish.

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Arctic Watch Beluga Foundation

The Foundation will support two programs; original scientific research in Cunningham Inlet (working with Mystic Aquarium) as well as a program for young adults to experience the Arctic wilderness and participate in meaningful research. Inuit youth from Nunavut will be invited to participate in this program.

Learn more about Beluga Foundation

Scientific Research with Mystic Aquarium

Starting in 2012, Mystic Aquarium, Arctic Watch's scientific partner will be conducting beluga whale reseach in Cunningham Inlet. The resident scienctist(s) will serve as a resource for visitors to Arctic Watch. Visitor have the opportunity to observe the research in progress and talk with researchers. 

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Testimonials

Yet again, we are truely impressed with the quality of guides, cooks and of course hosts. A few long walks, cannot do justice to the beauty available in the high arctic. Drifting carelessly in a kayak with sunny skies and a breathless wind observing the whales and seals offered an early glimpse of what heaven may be like. A sincere thank you for another wonderful life experience!

John, Patricia, Gordon and William Gouinlock


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Blog Posts

  • Arctic Fever

    “It is, I suppose, a sort of disease – an arctic fever – and yet no microscope can discover its virus and it remains completely unknown to the savants of science. The arctic fever has no effect on the body but. lives only in the mind, filling its victim with a consuming urge to wander again, and forever, through those  [...]

  • Only the best food is served at Arctic Watch.

    We have been travelling in the Arctic for more than 25 years. Food has always played a key element to the success in our adventures. We’ve always prided ourselves on offering the most amazing food in some of the most remote places. Someone well fed with amazing food is a happy guest. Preparing the food supply for the summer is  [...]

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Exploration Week 2012
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See out photography galleries for examples of photos that our guests have taken over the years.


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  • Josee with an African Penguin
  • Juno, Richard and Josee
  • Making Bread
  • Delivering food
  • Bread in the Kitchen
  • Hawk Chicks

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