Arctic Expeditions

Director of Expedition Photography Ralph Lee Hopkins spent two weeks obsessively devoted to capturing the mood swings of the world’s newest and most active volcano.

In the Ilulissat Icefjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in western Greenland, the icebergs are so concentrated that they fill the landscape. It’s a stunning combination of ancient and ever-changing: the ice that forms those bergs might be 250,000 years old, but your view will transform every hour as they shift, roll, and jostle towards the ocean.

Svalbard is known for its abundance of reindeer which can be found roaming among massive ice sheets, snow-capped mountains, and deep fjords.

With enhanced hunting abilities, seemingly white fur (it’s actually clear, but some cool optical tricks make it look white) to camouflage them in their icy environment, and black skin to soak in the sun’s rays, polar bears are the Arctic’s apex predator.

Grey's Anatomy actress Kate Walsh traveled with Lindblad to the Svalbard archipelago—where she dove headfirst into adventure!