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Exotic and Special Interest Cruises

Abercrombie & Kent
Alaska Sightseeing/Cruise West
American Canadian Caribbean Line
Classical Cruises
Clipper Cruise Line
Cruise Company of Greenwich
Euro Cruises
Galapogos Cruises
Melanesian Tourist Services
Noble Caledonia
Norwegian Costal Voyage
Oceanic Cruises
Odess America Cruise Company
P&O Spice Island Cruises
Peter Deilmann EuorpAmerica Cruises
Quark Expeditions
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises
Renaissance Cruises
Special Expeditions
Star Clippers
Tall Ship Adventures
Temptress Voyages
Viking Yacht Cruises
Wind Jammer Barefoot Cruises

Abercrombie & Kent International

Explorer

Capacity 100 passengers; 2,398 tons, outdoor pool, international cuisine, gratuities included.

March 19 -- Fifteen-night Amazon River voyage from Belèm to Iquitos, calling at Rio Pucurui, Tucumanduba, Rio Curua, Alter do Chao, Lago Carauaçu, Furo do Moura, Manaus, Rio Badajos, Cuxui Muni, Lago Uara and Pevas. (Thirteen-night voyage in reverse direction on April 20.) From $4,140 to $8,890, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

April 3 -- Eight-night upper Amazon River voyage from Iquitos to Manaus. (Nine-night voyage in reverse direction on April 12.) From $3,175 to $6,665, including shore excursions.

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Alaska Sightseeing/Cruise West

Spirit of Alaska

Capacity 82 passengers; American cuisine.

April 16 -- Ten-night Alaska voyage between Seattle and Juneau, calling at Desolation Sound, Misty Fjords, Ketchikan, El Capitan, Wrangell, Sitka, Skagway, Haines and Glacier Bay. (Additional voyages on April 26, May 6 and Sept. 19.) From $3,825 to $4,299.

May 16 to Sept. 12 -- Seven-night Alaska voyages between Seattle and Juneau, calling at Wrangell, Peril Strait, Sitka, Tracy Arm, Skagway, Haines and Glacier Bay. From $1,925 to $3,825.

Sept. 28 to Oct. 26 -- Seven-night cruises from Seattle, calling at Victoria, Friday Harbor (San Juan Islands), Orcas Island, Hood Canal, Port Townsend, La Conner and Coupeville. From $1,159 to $2,079.

Spirit of Discovery

Capacity 84 passengers; American cuisine.

March 30 to April 27 -- Seven-night Inside Passage cruises departing on Saturday from Seattle, calling at Powell River, Desolation Sound, Knight Inlet, Princess Louisa Inlet, Victoria, Chemainus, Friday Harbor (San Juan Islands) and Orcas Island. From $1,359 to $3,099.

May 4 to Sept. 14 -- Seven-night Alaska voyages between Seattle and Juneau, calling at Glacier Bay, Sitka, Leconte Glacier, Petersburg, Misty Fjords, Ketchikan and Desolation Sound. From $2,125 to $4,244.

Spirit of Glacier Bay

Capacity 58 passengers, American cuisine.

April 8 to 28 -- Ten-night Alaska voyages between Seattle and Juneau, calling at Desolation Sound, Misty Fjords, Ketchikan, El Capitan, Wrangell, Sitka, Tracy Arm, Frederick Sound, Skagway, Haines and Glacier Bay. (Additional voyage on Sept. 18.) From $2,415 to $3,275.

May 8 to Sept. 15 -- Three- and four-night Alaska cruises departing on Sunday and Wednesday from Juneau, calling at Glacier Bay and Sitka plus, for four nights, Admiralty Island. From $799 to to $1,719.

Spirit of '98

Capacity 101 passengers; American cuisine.

April 4 to 24 -- Ten-night Alaska voyages between Seattle and Juneau, calling at Desolation Sound, Misty Fjords, Ketchikan, El Capitan, Wrangell, Sitka, Tracy Arm, Frederick Sound, Skagway, Haines and Glacier Bay. (Additional voyage on Sept. 21.) From $2,095 to $4,989.

May 4 to Sept. 7 -- Seven-night Alaska voyages between Seattle and Juneau, calling at Desolation Sound, Misty Fjords, Ketchikan, Tracy Arm, Sitka, Skagway and Haines. From $2,249 to $5,229.

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American Canadian Caribbean Line

Caribbean Prince

Capacity 76 passengers; American cuisine.

March 1 and 29 -- Eleven-night Belize Barrier Reef, Rio Dulce voyage from Belize City to Roatan (Honduras). (Additional voyages in reverse direction on March 15 and April 12.) From $1,470 to $2,525.

May 6 -- Fourteen-night Intracoastal Waterway voyage between Palm Beach Gardens and Warren, R.I. From $1,560 to $2,695.

June 30 to Oct. 4 -- Eleven-night Erie Canal, Thousand Islands voyages between Warren, R.I., and Quebec City by way of Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, New York Harbor, Hudson River, St. Lawrence Seaway, Montreal and Saguenay Fjord. (Fall foliage voyages on Sept. 22 and Oct. 4 substitute Clayton and West Point for Saguenay Fjord.) From $1,905 to $2,375.

Mayan Prince

Capacity 90 passengers; American cuisine.

March 8 -- Eleven-night Panama Canal voyage from Balboa to ColÀon, visiting San Blas Islands, Portobelo, Taboga, Contadora, Isla del Rey, La Esmeralda and Punta Alegre. (Additional voyage in reverse direction on March 22.) From $1,539 to $2,630, including hotel stay.

April 5 -- Eleven-night Panama Canal and western Caribbean voyage from Balboa to Belize, visiting Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala. Fare: $1,375.

April 28 and June 5 -- Fourteen-night Intracoastal Waterway voyage from Palm Beach Gardens to Warren, R.I. (Additional voyage in reverse direction on May 19.) From $1,559 to $2,729.

July 14, 21 and 26 -- Five-night New England Islands cruises from Warren, R.I., calling at Cuttyhunk, Nantucket, Martha's Vineyard, Block Island and Newport. From $885 to $1,215.

Aug. 4 to Oct. 11 -- Eleven-night Erie Canal, Thousand Islands voyages between Warren, R.I., and Quebec City by way of Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, New York Harbor, Hudson River, St. Lawrence Seaway, Montreal and Saguenay Fjord. (Fall foliage voyages on Sept. 29 and Oct. 11 substitute Clayton and West Point for Saguenay Fjord.) From $1,960 to $2,415.

Niagara Prince

Capacity 84 passengers; American cuisine.

March 10 -- Eleven-night Caribbean voyage from Bonaire to Aruba, calling at Curaçao and various bays and beaches. From $1,465 to $2,499.

March 31 and April 14 -- Eleven-night Exumas and Caicos cruises from Nassau, visiting Georgetown, Mayaguana and Providenciales, among other Bahamas islands. From $1,405 to $2,459.

May 13 and June 6 -- Fourteen-night voyages from New Orleans to Chicago on the Tombigbee, Mississippi, Cumberland and Illinois Rivers, calling at Gulfport, Mobile, Demopolis, Columbus, Shiloh, New Johnsonville, Paducah, St. Genevieve, St. Louis, Peoria and Joliet. (Additional voyages in reverse direction on May 20 and Oct. 18.) From $1,560 to $2,999.

June 23 -- Fifteen-night Great Lakes, Erie Canal, Hudson River voyage from Chicago to Warren, R.I., calling at Manistee, Mackinac Island, Wyandotte, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, Oswego, Sylvan Beach and Troy. (Additional voyage in reverse direction on Sept. 30.) From $1,560 to $2,999.

July 29 and Aug. 26 -- Eleven-night Hudson River and Erie Canal voyage from Warren to Buffalo, visiting Long Island Sound, New York Harbor, Fort Edward, Champlain Canal, Fort Ticonderoga, Burlington, Waterford, Little Falls, Rome, Oneida Lake, Lyons, Palmyra, Pittsford, Rochester, Brockport, Holley, Albion, Medina, Lockport and the Niagara River. (Additional voyages in reverse direction on Aug. 10 and Sept. 11.) From $1,465 to $2,499.

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Classical Cruises

Lady Caterina

Capacity 49 passengers; 165-foot yacht with helicopter pad and sports platform, Continental cuisine.

May 9 and 29 -- Seven-night Mediterranean voyages from Amalfi to Valletta, calling at Lipari, Milazzo, Cefalú, Castellamare, Trapani, Sciacca, Porto Empedocle and Licata. From $5,695 to $6,295, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

June 17 to Oct. 22 -- Seven-night Greek Isles cruises departing on Monday from Piraeus, calling at Delos, Mykonos, Patmos, Kusadasi, Bodrum, Nissyros, Astipalaia, Santorini and Serifos. From $3,695 to $4,295, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

Panorama

Capacity 44 passengers; 173-foot yacht with sports platform, Continental cuisine.

March 7 to April 18 -- Seven-night Red Sea cruises between Suez and Eilat, calling at Hurghada, Sharm el Sheik, Ras Muhammed and Aqaba. From $3,595 to $3,795, including air fare from New York, hotel stay and shore excursions.

April 29 to Oct. 14 -- Seven-night Mediterranean cruises between Antalya and Kusadasi, calling at Tekirova, Andriace, Vcagiz, Ucagiz, Tersane, Aperlae, Kas, Fethiye, Rhodes, Lindos, Symi, Kos, Lipsi and Patmos. From $3,795 to $3,995, including air fare from New York, hotel stay and shore excursions.

June 2 and 16 -- Seven-night Mediterranean voyages from Kusadasi to Antalya, calling at Bodrum, Cnidos, Ekincik Bay, Gemiler Island, Fethiye, Kas, Kale, Tersane, Finike and Kemer. (Additional voyage in reverse direction on June 24.) From $4,595 to $4,795, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

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Clipper Cruise Line

Nantucket Clipper

Capacity 102 passengers; American cuisine.

March 9 to April 13 -- Seven-night Intracoastal Waterway voyages between Jacksonville and Charleston, calling at St. Mary's, St. Simon's Island, Savannah and Beaufort. (Voyages on March 16 and March 30 also call at Hilton Head Island.) From $1,850 to $3,300.

April 20 -- Fourteen-night Intracoastal Waterway voyage from Jacksonville to Alexandria, calling at Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, New Bern, Norfolk, Richmond, Baltimore and Washington. (Eleven-night voyage in reverse direction on Oct. 22.) From $2,800 to $5,400.

May 4 -- Seven-night Chesapeake Bay voyage from Alexandria to Baltimore, calling at Washington, Norfolk, Yorktown, St. Michaels and Annapolis. (Ten-night voyage from Alexandria to New York on Sept. 25 substitutes St. Michaels, Kingston and West Point for Washington and Yorktown; additional seven-night voyage from Baltimore to Alexandria on Oct. 12.) From $1,800 to $3,850.

May 11 -- Ten-night voyage from Baltimore to Quincy, Mass., calling at Annapolis. St. Michael's, New York, Newport, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Stellwagon Bank.(Eleven-night voyage from Quincy to Alexandria on Sept. 13 also calls at Philadelphia.) From $2,550 to $4,550, including hotel stay.

May 25 -- Fourteen-night St. Lawrence River and Thousand Islands voyage from Charlottetown (Prince Edward Island) to Rochester, calling at Caraquet (New Brunswick), Percè, Tadoussac, Saguenay Fjord, Quebec, Montreal, Prescott and Kingston. (Additional voyage in reverse direction on Aug. 17 and voyage on Aug. 31 from Charlottetown to Quincy calls at Baddeck, Louisbourg, Halifax, Lunenberg, Digby, Campobello Island, St. Andrews, Bar Harbor, Camden and Jefferies Ledge.) From $3,800 to $5,600.

June 15 -- Eleven-night Thousand Islands, St. Lawrence Seaway and Welland Canal voyage from Quebec to Toledo, calling at Saguenay Fjord, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Put-in-Bay and Windsor. (Additional voyage in reverse direction on July 16.) From $3,050 to $4,600.

June 26 -- Ten-night Great Lakes voyage from Toledo to Sault St. Marie, calling at Windsor, Goderich, Midland, Georgian Bay Islands,, Presque Isle, Leland and Mackinac Island. (Voyage in reverse direction on July 6.) From $2,800 to $4,200.

Oct. 5 -- Seven-night Fall Foliage cruise from New York, calling at Kingston, Albany and West Point. From $1,800 to $2,700.

Yorktown Clipper

Capacity 138 passengers; American cuisine.

March 9 and 29 -- Ten-night Panama and Costa Rica voyages from ColÀon to Caldera, calling at Portobelo, San Blas Islands, Darien Jungle, Las Perlas Islands, Marenco Biological Station, Manuel Antonio National Park or Curù Wildlife Refuge, Punta Leona and Carara Biological Reserve. (Additional voyage in reverse direction on March 17.) From $3,560 to $5,010, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

April 16 -- Seven-night Islands of the Gulf of California voyage from Cabo de San Lucas to La Paz, calling at Los Islotes, Isla Carmen, Isla Guapa, Isla Bargo, Playa San Domingo, Isla Santa Catalina and Isla Espiritù Santo. (Additional voyage in reverse direction on April 23.) From $1,700 to $2,900.

May 26 -- Six-night Alaska voyage from Ketchikan to Juneau, calling at Misty Fjords, Wrangel, Tracy Arm, Juneau, Glacier Bay, Haines and Skagway. From $1,750 to $2,550.

June 1 and Aug. 10 -- Seven-night Alaska voyages from Juneau to Ketchikan, calling at Tracy Arm, Taylor Bay, Glacier Bay, Sitka, Baranof Island, Wrangell and Misty Fjords. (Additional voyages in reverse direction on June 8 and Aug. 17.) From $2,050 to $2,950.

Sept. 7 -- Ten-night voyage from Juneau to Seattle, calling at Glacier Bay, Haines, Skagway, Tracy Arm, Baranof Island, Sitka, Wrangell, Misty Fjords, Ketchikan, Prince Rupert Island, Alert Bay, Victoria, San Juan Archipelago and Friday Harbor. (Additional voyage from Seattle to Portland on Sept. 21 calls at Matia Island, Sutia Island, Orcas Island, Stuart Island, Port Townsend, Port Angeles, Astoria and includes the Palouse, Columbia and Hood Rivers. From $2,800 to $5,700, including shore excursions.

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Cruise Company of Greenwich

Sea Cloud

Capacity 70 passengers; four-mast, square-rigged bark, Continental cuisine; entered service as the Hussar in 1931.

May 15 to Oct. 25 -- Seven- to 11-night Mediterranean cruises from Istanbul, Athens, Naples or Motril, calling variously at Kekova, Phaselis, Antalya, Santorini, Delos, Lipari, Capri, Bonifaccio, Sardinia, Menorca and Ibiza. From $3,150 to $7,600, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

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Euro Cruises

Norbrise

Capacity 38 passengers; Norwegian cuisine.

June 17 to Aug. 22 -- Four-night Spitsbergen cruises departing on Monday and Thursday from Tromso, calling at Longyear City, Barentsburg and Ny-Alesund. From $2,090 to $2,485.

Polarstar

Capacity 25 passengers; Norwegian cuisine.

June 22 to Aug. 17 -- Seven-night Spitsbergen cruises from Tromso, calling at Longyear City, Barentsburg and Ny-Alesund. Fare: $3,930, including round-trip air fare between Tromso and Longyear City.

Diana, Juno, Wilhelm Tham

Capacity 60 passengers each; Swedish cuisine.

May 25 to Sept. 16 -- Three- to five-night transits of the Gota Canal through 65 locks between Goteborg and Stockholm. From $775 to $1,590

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Galapagos Cruises

Diamant, Encantada, Isabela II, Rachel III, Santa Cruz

Capacity 8 to 90 passengers; international cuisine.

Year round -- Three- to seven-night Galapagos cruises from Baltra. From $680 to $2,435.

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Melanesian Tourist Services

Melanesian Discoverer

Capacity 42 passengers; 117-foot, twin-hull vessel, local specialties.

Year round -- Four- to seven-night Papua New Guinea voyages from Madang, Alotau or Timbunke. From $980 to $2,500.

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Noble Caledonia

Caledonian Star

Capacity 110 passengers; outdoor pool, international cuisine.

March 24 -- Eighteen-night Indian Ocean voyage from Mahe (Seychelles) to Dar es Salaam, calling at Madagascar, the Comoro Islands and East Africa. From $5,260 to $7,450, including round-trip air fare from London and shore excursions.

April 21 -- Fourteen-night Suez Canal voyage from Mahe to Alexandria, calling at Aden, Hodeida, Safaga, Suez and Port Said. From $3,880 to $5,890, including round-trip air fare from London and shore excursions.

May 18 -- Sixteen-night Atlantic and English Channel voyage from Cadiz to Dartmouth, calling at

Portimao, Lisbon, Oporto, Islas Cies, La Coruna, St.-Jean de Luz, Bayonne, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Belle-Ile and Sark. From $4,190 to $6,390, including round-trip air fare from London and shore excursions.

June 3 -- Thirteen-night British Isles voyage from Dartmouth to Leith, calling at Sark, Tresco, Saltee Islands, Waterford, Glengarrif, Skelligs, Giant's Causeway, Rathlin Island, Isle of Rum, Outer Hebrides, St. Kilda, Orkney, Shetland Islands, Fair Isle and Inchcolm Island. (Twelve-night voyage on June 16; 12-night voyages from Dartmouth to London on July 10 and July 23 call at Aberdeen, Orkney, Loch Ewe, Isle of Rum, Iona, Dublin, Waterford, Scilly Isles, Penzance, Sark and Cowes.) From $3,370 to $6,070, including round-trip air fare from London and shore excursions.

Aug. 17 -- Fourteen-night Mediterranean voyage from Cadiz to Istanbul, calling at Motril, Cagliari, Trapani, Agrigento, Syracuse, Pilos, Katakolon, Ithaca, Itea, Delos, Tinos, Dikili and Canakkale. From $3,880 to $6,640, including round-trip air fare from London and shore excursions.

Aug. 31 -- Twenty-one-night Suez Canal voyage from Istanbul to Mahe, calling at Canakkale, Kusadasi, Bodrum, Simi, Alexandria, Port Said, Safaga, Hodeida, Aden, Mukhalla (Yemen),Praslin and La Digue. From $4,850 to $7,450, including round-trip air fare from London and shore excursions. Sept. 18 -- Sixteen-night Seychelle, Amirantes, Alphonse, Farquhar and Aldabra Islands cruise from Mahe. From $4,780 to $7,130, including round-trip air fare from London and excursions.

Oct. 2 -- Twenty-night Indian Ocean voyage from Mahe to Singapore, calling at the Seychelles, Maldive Islands, Colombo, Sumatra, Langkawi, Penang, Kuala Selangor and Malacca. From $5,660 to $8,020, including round-trip air fare from London and excursions.

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Norwegian Costal Voyage

Nordkapp, Polarlys and 9 other Norwegian coastal vessels

Capacity 168 to 490 passengers; Scandinavian cuisine.

Year round -- Five-, 6- and 11-night Norwegian coastal cruises from Bergen or between Bergen and Kirkenes. From $544 to $2,285. Segments available.

Nordstjernan

Capacity 179 passengers; Scandinavian cuisine.

June 23 to Aug. 18 -- Seven-night Spitsbergen and North Cape cruises from Tromso, calling at Longyear City, Magdalenefjord, Smeerenburgfjord, Ny-Alesund and Honningsvag. From $1,016 to $1,802.

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Oceanic Cruises

Oceanic Grace

Capacity 120 passengers; 336-foot luxury yacht, outdoor pool, gym, Continental and Japanese cuisine, gratuities included.

April 3 to Sept. 10 -- Two- to 19-night cruises in Japan, departing from Nagoya, Yokohama, Tokyo, Kobe, Hakata, Niigata, Hakodate, Otaru, Abashiri or Osaka, visiting the Inland Sea, the Sea of Japan, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Korea and China. From $1,260 to $8,420.

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OdessAmerica Cruises

Ambasador I

Capacity 86 passengers; outdoor pool, Continental cuisine.

Year round -- Seven-night Galapagos cruises departing on Sunday from Baltra. From $2,375 to $3,195, including air fare from Miami, hotel stay and shore excursions. Segments available.

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P & O Spice Island Cruises

Bali Sea Dancer

Capacity 150 passengers; outdoor pool, Indonesian cuisine.

Year round -- Three- and four-night Indonesian cruises departing on Friday and Monday from Bali, calling at Sumbawa and Komodo and, for four nights, Lombok. From $450 to $1,370.

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Peter Deilmann EuropAmerica Cruises

Lilli Marleen

Capacity 50 passengers; three-mast bark, international cuisine.

March 2 to Oct. 30 -- Seven- to 11-night cruises in the Caribbean, the Mediterranean, the Canary Islands and the Baltic. From $1,920 to $4,390.

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Quark Expeditions

Alla Tarasova

Capacity 94 passengers; Continental cuisine.

March 10 -- Ten-night Chilean fjords and Tierra del Fuego voyage from Ushuaia to Puerto Montt. From $1,790 to $3,690, including shore excursions. Segments available.

Akademik Shokalski, Professor Khromov

Capacity 36 passengers each; oceanographic research vessels, Continental cuisine.

March 20 -- Fourteen-night Micronesia voyage from Cairns to Truk. (Sixteen-night diving voyage from Truk to Palau on April 14 calls at Polawat, Sawatai, Lamotrek, Ifalik, Woleai, Sorol and Ngulu.) From $3,395 to $5,990, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

March 26 -- Seventeen-night Indian Ocean voyage from Durban to Dar es Salaam, calling at Richard's Bay (South Africa), various ports of Madagascar, Comoro Islands and Zanzibar. From $3,395 to $4,495, including shore excursions.

April 27 -- Eleven-night Seychelle cruise from Mahe. From $3,895 to $5,245, including shore excursions.

Kapitan Dranitsyn, Yamal.

Capacity 98 and 106 passengers, respectively, ice breakers with helicopter pad, indoor pool, Continental cuisine.

June 20 -- Twelve-night Spitsbergen and Franz Josef Land voyages north of the Arctic Circle from Longyear City to Kirkenes. From $4,950 to $9,490, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

July 2 -- Nineteen-night Northeast Passage voyage from Kirkenes to Provideniya, calling at Novaya Zemlya, Severnaya Zemlya, New Siberian Islands, Wrangel Island, Chukchi Peninsula and Ittygran (Arakamchechen Archipelago). From $8,950 to $19,950, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

July 5 -- Fourteen-night North Pole journey from Murmansk, calling at Franz Josef Land, Cape Flora, Cape Norway, the North Pole, Novaya Zemlya, Ice Bay and Vaigach Island. From $17,900 to $22,900, including hotel stay, and helicopter excursions.

Aug. 3 -- Eight-night circumnavigation of Devon Island (Canada) with calls along the coast of Ellesmere Island and western Greenland from Resolute. From $4,450 to $8,450, including hotelstay and excursions.

Aug. 6 -- Fourteen-night North Pole voyage from Pevek to Murmansk, calling at New Siberian Islands, the North Pole, Franz Josef Land, Cape Flora, Cape Norway and Vaigach Island. From $17,900 to $22,900, including hotel stay and excursions.

Aug. 12 -- Thirteen-night Canada and Greenland voyage from Resolute to Sondre Stromfjord, calling at Devon Island, Bylot Island, Smith Sound, Cape York, Melville Bay and Jakobshavn. From $5,345 to $10,345, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

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Radisson Seven Seas Cruises

Hanseatic

Capacity 188 passengers; outdoor pool, international cuisine, gratuities included.

March 6 -- Seventeen-night Indian Ocean voyage from Cape Town to Mombasa, calling at Mossel Bay, Durban and Richard's Bay (South Africa), Reunion and Mauritius, Taolanaro, Nossi-Be and Nossi Komba (Madagascar), Comoro Islands and Lamu (Kenya. From $8,775 to $16,650, including air fare and hotel stay.

March 23 -- Eleven-night Indian Ocean voyage from Mombasa to Colombo, calling at the Seychelles, Male and Lhaviani Atoll (Maldives). From $6,225 to $10,725, including air fare and hotel stay.

June 10 -- Twenty-night Bering Sea voyage from Yokohama to Seward, calling at the Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula, Kronotsky Reserve, Kommandorskje Island, Arakamchechen

Islands, Provideniya, Nome, the Pribiloff Islands, Dutch Harbor and Katmai National Park. From $7,200 to $14,175, including air fare and hotel stay.

July 29 -- Ten-night Alaskan voyage from Vancouver to Seward, calling at Ketchikan, Misty Fjords, Wrangell, Sitka, Juneau, Skagway, Haines, Glacier Bay and Prince William Sound. From $4,575 to $9,225, including air fare and hotel stay.

Aug. 8 -- Ten-night Alaskan voyage from Seward to Nome, calling at Katmai National Park, Kukak and Amalik Bay, Dutch Harbor, the Pribiloff Islands, Nunivak Island, St. Lawrence Island, Providenyia, Arkamchechen Island and Novoye Chaplino. From $4,875 to $9,525, including air fare and hotel stay.

Aug. 18 -- Twenty-eight-night Northwest Passage voyage north of the Arctic Circle from Nome through the Arctic Ocean and the Beaufort Sea to Baffin Bay and Sondre Stromfjord. From $14,325 to $29,995, including air fare and hotel stay.

Song of Flower

Capacity 172 passengers; outdoor pool, spa, casino, international cuisine, gratuities included. April 2 to Oct. 28 -- Seven to 14-night South China Sea, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and Baltic cruises, starting in Singapore and proceeding to Hong Kong, Bombay, Aqaba, Piraeus,Civitavecchia, Venice, Malaga, Lisbon, London, Lubeck, Stockholm, Copenhagen, then back to London, Lisbon, Rome, Piraeus, Venice, Istanbul, Aqab a and Bombay. From $3,375 to $10,295.

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Renaissance Cruises

Renaissance III, IV

Capacity 100 passengers; outdoor pool, casino, Continental cuisine.

May through September -- Seven-night Baltic cruises between Copenhagen and Stockholm, calling at Visby, Helsinki, St. Petersburg and Tallinn. From $3,495 to $3,995, including air fare and hotel stay.

Renaissance IV, V

Capacity 114 passengers; outdoor pool, casino, Continental cuisine.

April through October -- Five-night Mediterranean cruises between Barcelona and Civitavecchia, calling at Sete, Monte Carlo, Portofino and Livorno. From $2,995 to $3,495, including air fare and hotel stay.

Renaissance VI, VII, VIII

Capacity 114 passengers; outdoor pool, casino, Continental cuisine.

April to October -- Five-night cruises between Piraeus and Istanbul, calling at Santorini, Rhodes and Kusadasi. From $2,995 to $3,495, including air fare and hotel stay.

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Special Expeditions

Polaris

Capacity 80 passengers; Continental cuisine.

March 6 and 16 -- Five-night Costa Rican and Panamanian coastal voyage and Panama Canal transit from Colon to Caldera. (Additional voyages in reverse direction on March 9 and 19.) From $2,390 to $4,090, including hotel stay and excursions.

April 10 -- Fifteen-night trans-Atlantic crossing from Antigua to Lisbon, calling at the Azores and Madeira. From $2,960 to $4,980.

April 27 -- Fifteen-night voyage from Lisbon to Dover, calling in along the coasts of Portugal, Spain and France and at the Channel Islands, Brittany and Mont St.-Michel. (Additional crossing in reverse direction on Aug. 17.) From $6,860 to $11,190.

May 11, 18 and 25 and July 13 -- Seven-night voyages exploring the Channel Islands, the coasts of Wales, Ireland, Scotland, the Outer Hebrides, the Orkney Islands and the Baltic, departing from Dover, Dublin, Greenock, Leith, Stockholm or Copenhagen. (Additional voyages in reverse direction on June 1, June 8, June 15 and July 20.) From $3,430 to $6,290, including shore excursions.

June 22 -- Eleven-night Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic voyage from Lisbon to Naples, calling at Amsterdam, Lubeck, Rugen, Gdansk, Kaliningrad, Klaipeda, Riga, Saare, Mubu and Tallinn. (Additional voyage in reverse departure on Aug. 6 and 10-night voyages between Helsinki and Stockholm on July 3 and July 27.) From $4,890 to $9,790, including shore excursions.

Aug. 31 -- Fourteen-night Mediterranean voyage from Lisbon to Naples, calling at Frontera, Gibraltar, Grenada, Menorca, Sardinia, Corsica, Bonifacio, Trapani, Malta, Taormina, Stromboli and Lipari. (Additional voyage in reverse direction on Sept. 14.) From $6,860 to $12,190, including shore excursions.

Sea Bird, Sea Lion

Capacity 70 passengers each; American cuisine.

March 6 to April 12 -- Seven- and nine-night Bahia Magdalena and Gulf of California cruises from La Paz or San Carlos. From $1,890 to $4,290, including air fare from La Paz to Los Mochis, hotel stay and Copper Canyon excursion.

May 1 to 13 -- Six-night Pacific Northwest, Palouse, Columbia and Hood River cruises from Portland. (Additional cruises from Sept. 24 to Oct. 30.) From $1,990 to $2,960, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

June 1 to Aug. 25 -- Seven-night Alaskan cruises exploring Glacier Bay, Tracy Arm and Le Conte Bay from Juneau, Sitka or Gustavus. From $2,100 to $4,190, including hotel stay, Gustavus departures only, and shore excursions.

Sept. 10 to 29 -- Six-night voyages between Seattle and Vancouver, calling at San Juan Islands, Victoria, Johnstone Strait, Alert Bay and Princess Louisa Inlet. From $$1,890 to $2,890, including shore excursions.

Swedish Islander

Capacity 45 passengers; international cuisine.

May 19 to Sept. 20 -- Seven-night Baltic cruises from Stockholm. Fare: $2,180, including hotel stay and shore excursions.

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Star Clippers

Star Clipper

Capacity 170 passengers; steel-hull sailing ship, two outdoor pools, Continental cuisine.

March 1 to May 25 -- Seven-night Caribbean cruises departing on Saturday from Barbados, calling at the Grenadines or the Lesser Antilles. (Additional cruises begin Aug. 17.) From $1,095 to $2,395.

Star Flyer

Capacity 170 passengers; steel-hull sailing ship, two outdoor pools, Continental cuisine.

March 3 and 17 -- Seven-night Caribbean cruises from St. Martin, calling at Anguilla, Ponce and Casa de Muerto (Puerto Rico), Sopers Hole, Norman Island or Virgin Gorda and St. Barthelemy. (Additional cruises on March 10 and 24 call at Montserrat or Nevis, Dominica, Les Saintes, Antigua, St. Kitts and St. Barthelemy.) From $1,095 to $2,395.

April 8 -- Nineteen-night Atlantic voyage from St. Martin to Ponta Delgado (Azores). From $1,600 to $3,275. May 4, June 15 and July 6 -- Seven-night Mediterranean cruises from Cannes, calling at Calvi and Bonifacio, Sardinia, Elba, Portofino and St. Tropez. (Additional cruises on May 11 and June 1 call at Corsica, Sardinia, Giglio Island, Portovenere and Monaco and on May

18 and July 13 at Bastia, Sorrento, Palmarola, Ponza and Giglio Island.) From $1,395 to $2,395. Sept. 21 -- Seven-night voyage from Kusadasi to Rhodes, calling at Samos, Mykonos, Santorini,Astypalaia, Bodrum and Simi. From $1,395 to $2,395.

Sept. 28 -- Fourteen-night Suez Canal and Red Sea voyage from Rhodes to Djibouti, calling at Cyprus, Port Said, Suez and Safaga. From $950 to $2,100.

Oct. 12 -- Twelve-night Indian Ocean voyage from Djibouti to Colombo, calling at Cochin, cruising the Gulf of Aden, the Arabian Sea and the south coast of India.From $850 to $1,895.

Oct. 25 -- Seven-night Andaman Sea voyage from Colombo to Phuket, calling at Nicobar and Similan Islands. From $795 to $1,495

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Tall Ship Adventures

Sir Frances Drake

Capacity 34 passengers; three-mast schooner, international cuisine.

March 2 to June 1 -- Seven-night Virgin Island cruises departing on Saturday, on alternating itineraries from Tortola, variously calling at Peter Island, Cooper Island, Marina Cay, Long Bay, Bitter End, Leverick Bay, the Baths and Spanish Town on Virgin Gorda, Salt Island, Norman Island, Beef Island, Jost Van Dyke and West End (Tortola). From $995.50 to $1,395.

June 8 to Oct. 26 -- Seven-night Caribbean cruises between St. Martin and Antigua, calling at St. Barthelemy, St. Eustatius, St. Kitts, Nevis, Barbuda and Saba. From $995 to $1,395.

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Temptress Voyages

Temptress Explorer

Capacity 99 passengers; international cuisine.

Year round -- Six-night Costa Rican cruises from Puntarenas, calling at Tortuga Island, Drake Bay, Golfo Dule and Cano Island and visiting Curu Wildlife Refuge and Corcovado and Manuel Antonio National Parks. From $1,495 to $1,695, including excursions. Segments available.

Temptress Voyager

Capacity 63 passengers; international cuisine.

Year round -- Six-night Belize cruises from Belize City, visiting offshore islands and ports along the coast. From $1,290 to $1,495. Segments available.

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Viking Yacht Cruises

Viking Star

Capacity 34 passengers; international cuisine.

April 12 to Oct. 18 -- Seven-night Greek Isle cruises departing on Friday from Tinos. Fare: $1,195.

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Windjammer Barefoot Cruises

Amazing Grace

Capacity 98 passengers; Continental cuisine.

March 8 to Oct. 18 -- Thirteen-night Caribbean and Bahama voyages between Trinidad and Freeport, calling at the British Virgin Islands, the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands and the Grenadines. From $950 to $2,900.

Fantome

Capacity 128 passengers; four-mast schooner, Continental cuisine.

April 3 to May 20 -- Five-night Caribbean cruises from Antigua, calling variously at St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts, Montserrat, Dominica, Guadeloupe and Les Saintes. From $825 to $1,125.

Starting June 10 -- Five-night cruises from Cozumel, variously calling at Cancun, Isla Mujeres,Playa del Carmen, Port Calica, Tulum and Chinchorro Banks. From $825 to $1,125. June 23 --Thirteen-night Caribbean voyage from Antigua to Cozumel, calling at St. Barthelemy, Tortola, La Romana, Puerto Plata, La Badie (Haiti), Port Antonio, Grand Cayman and Cancun. From $1,600 to $1,950

Flying Cloud

Capacity 76 passengers; three-mast yacht, Continental cuisine.

Year round -- Five-night Caribbean cruises departing on Monday from Tortola, calling in the British Virgin Islands. From $825 to $1,125. From $925 to $1,125.

Mandalay

Capacity 72 passengers; three-mast bark, Continental cuisine.

Year round -- Twelve-night Windward and Leeward Island voyages departing on the first and third Mondays of the month, alternating between Grenada and Antigua. From $1,550 to $1,800.

April 29, July 29 and Sept. 30 -- Five-night Windward Island cruises from Grenada. From $825 to $1,025.

Polynesia

Capacity 126 passengers; Continental cuisine.

Year round -- Five-night Leeward Island cruises departing on Monday from St. Martin. From $825 to $1,025.

Yankee Clipper

Capacity 64 passengers; Continental cuisine.

Year round -- Five-night Grenadine cruises departing on Monday from Grenada. From $825 to $925.

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