My mistake...it is the 2008 cruise that is going to Ny Alesund. It also goes to Stavanger on the southern coast. I see the 2009 cruise as it does not go to Spitzbergen has a lot more ports and fewer sea days.
By the way, who is Captain McNeil?
Captain McNeill's Homecoming Cruise
Join Captain John McNeill as he navigates Seven Seas Voyager to his homes.
Captain John McNeill was born in Ireland, raised in Scotland and now lives in southern England, so this British Isles cruise is actually three homecomings for him. Swap golf tales with the Captain - an avid golfer and bagpipe music buff - as you chart a course from Copenhagen to the land of kilts, castles and the St. Andrews course. In Scotland, call at South Queensferry (Edinburgh), the remote Orkney Islands and the wildly beautiful Isle of Skye.
In Ireland, Belfast offers the scenic Ards Peninsula and Giant's Causeway. Dublin is gateway to the green wilderness of Wicklow County. And the countryside of Cobh (Cork) is where the Bells of Shandon ring. From England's historical Bristol, sail to Falmouth and picturesque Cornish villages before disembarking in Southampton. A self-confessed ship enthusiast, Captain McNeill knows these waters well. He achieved his first command at the age of 31 and was, at the time, the youngest captain on the busy channel between the Continent and the British Isles. So share the fun and his memories on this festive three-isle homecoming.
