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Until you have been on an Arctic Direct holiday, you haven't experienced what holidaying is all about. We have some fantastic holidays awaiting you, packed with excitement that will exceed all your expectations.

The exhilaration of diving under ice

One of our most exciting holidays, and probably one many have never heard of, is our ice diving. We offer ice diving in Iceland and ice diving in the North Pole. Ice diving is a type of penetration diving where the dive takes place under ice. Because diving under ice places the diver in an overhead environment typically with just one entry and exit point, ice diving is considered an advanced type of diving requiring special training. Ice diving should never be attempted by anyone not trained by a qualified instructor. This special training includes learning about how ice forms, how to recognise unsafe ice conditions, dive site preparation, equipment requirements, and safety drills. Ice divers are tethered for safety.

Ice Hotels

Fancy being treated to a few days at a hotel with a difference? An ice hotel in Sweden? We can offer you an amazing holiday at the ice hotel in Sweden which makes for a truly memorable holiday. Staying at the ice hotel in Sweden is simply a once in a lifetime experience and shouldn't be missed for anything! Our stays at the ice hotel in Sweden are perfect for the traveler who doesn't have much time but has a good spirit of adventure. Our package to the ice hotel in Sweden includes scheduled flights from Heathrow, two nights in the ice hotel in Sweden in addition to one unmissable night in the ice hotel in Sweden's ice suite. Some of the activities available at the ice hotel in Sweden include a husky sledge taxi from the airport, reindeer sledging and ice sculpting.

Sign up for our North Pole holidays

How many times have you seen TV documentaries or magazine articles showing scenes of the North Pole? Now you can live out those documentaries with one of our North Pole holidays. Fun and incredibly exciting, our North Pole holiday Odyssey follows the paths of history's polar explorers to the geographic North Pole. Our North Pole holidays are second to none, with the Odyssey following in the footsteps of explorers like Dr Frederick Cook who claimed to reach the pole first in 1908. Included in this North Pole holiday will be a flight over the islands of the Arctic Archipelago and the region of the historic magnetic North Pole. Other highlights of our North Pole holidays are the stunning icebergs frozen into the sea-ice to explore, and the chance to see the Arctic wolf, fox and hare in their natural habitat. These make for wonderful photo opportunities to show family and friends back home just what you experienced on your North Pole holiday!

Lights in the sky

There are only a handful of places in the world to experience spectacular Northern Lights holidays, or the Aurora Borealis to give the lights their true name. We have a Northern Lights holiday destination voted number one for seeing the Northern Lights or the Aurora Borealis and that is Abisko, Sweden. This is where we will take you to experience one of nature's most breathtaking marvels while you journey with us on our Northern Lights holiday to see such the glorious Aurora Borealis. The Northern Lights holiday package is situated at a world renowned viewing point for the northern lights near the magnetic pole. The beauty of the Arctic Direct Northern Lights/Aurora Borealis holiday package is that we do not work to a set timetable. You will be taken to see the Aurora Borealis on the day with the highest likelihood of experiencing the Aurora Borealis in full glory.