The objective of this voyage, "Top-of-the-World" aboard the Prinsendam, was to get as close to the North Pol as possible without boarding a dog sled. In summary, it was a good voyage from Dover, up the coast of Norway, across to Spitzbergen and the "north pole", on to Iceland, followed by stops at Torshaven, Kirkwall, and Edinburgh before ending in Amsterdam. The total voyage was 21 days and the initial question we had was: If a little is good, is more better?

Our longest prior cruise was 18 days and when HAL made an offer for an upsell to a suite we decided to accept because the extra space might be nice on a longer voyage. It was a good decision. There were two suites in our group and we alternated for sail-away parties from the many ports. There was more than enough space to host all eight in our group with room to spare.

The Prinsendam has been described in many other posts and reviews and, for this reason, a re-hash describing the ship will be omitted. For us, she was what we expected ... classically elegant and smaller in size, which we prefer. For her age, the Prinsendam is well maintained and in quite good condition. Read more