Our Expedition History
Lars Wikander and Mike McDowell, the cofounders of Quark Expeditions, took the first group of commercial travelers to the North Pole In 1991. That inaugural, game-changing expedition—the first-ever tourism transit of the Northeast Passage—set Quark Expeditions on a course that would put us at the forefront of polar exploration.
Our Polar Promise
Quark Expeditions is profoundly committed to environmentally responsible tourism. Protecting the places we visit is necessary to ensure we can continue to introduce travelers to the spectacular beauty of the polar wilderness.
Destinations
Antarctic
Antarctic Peninsula
Falkland Islands
Patagonia
South Georgie
Snow Hill Island
Arctic
Canadian High Arctic
Greenland
North Pole
Russian High Arctic
Svalbard