Guests from the Lindblad Expedition ship National Geographic Explorer kayaking near Monaco Glacier on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago.

Kittiwakes swarm around a small boat off the Monaco Glaciers, Svalbard.

Travelers take the opportunity to snap a picture of a bearded seal in the Svalbard Archipelago.

A polar bear hops across floating ice in the Hinlopen Strait, Svalbard.

A view of picturesque Reine in the Lofoten Islands