Cruises from Wrangel Island

The 2,900-square-mile Wrangel Island lies on the 180 deg. meridian, in the Arctic Ocean, and 4 degrees inside the Arctic Circle. The Russian mainland is only 140 kilometres south. Inhabited by rangers, scientists, and two fishing settlements, it lies in a protected marine region. Coastal plains rise to low (500 m) hills running E-W and terminating in steep cliffs to the sea. Here is the breeding ground of polar bears, seals, walruses, foxes, lemmings, snow geese, and recently wolves.