Leave Sapporo early for GARINKO GO III, whose bow propellers crush drifting ice beside the hull. Choose a seafood bowl lunch or museum time, with Japanese-speaking staff and translation help.
In Utoro, Shiretoko National Park, you’ll wear a warm, buoyant dry suit and walk across seasonal drift ice with a small group of up to eight. Guides frame the experience as a 360-degree look at the frozen sea, wildlife, sky,…
Travel from Sapporo to Asahiyama Zoo, then board GARINKO GO III to crush through Okhotsk drift ice at sunset. Japanese-speaking staff, zoo admission, transport, and cruise fare are included. Guide Yamada has earned praise, but expect a long day and…
Travel from Sapporo to Asahikawa, Sounkyo, and Mombetsu on a winter group tour with penguins, an icebreaker, drift ice, seafood, sake, and one hot-spring night. Guide Xiao Li may lead the trip.