Compagnie du Ponant's French flagged small cruise vessel m/v LE SOLEAL will be making the following Arctic cruises in 2018: Kangerlusuaq, Greenland to Kangerlusuaq, Greenland from July 29th, 2018 to August 14th, 2018. Kangerlusuaq, Greenland to Kangerlusuaq, Greenland from August 14th, 2018 to August 27th, 2018. Kangerlusuaq, Greenland to Nome, Alaska from August 27th, 2018 to September 18th, 2018. The vessel specializes in luxury adventure cruising and carries a maximum of 264 passengers and 139 crew members. The passengers are predominately French nationals and the crew are a mix of French, Philippine, Indonesian and Mauritian nationalities.During this cruise, the vessel will be stopping at various locations in Nunavut. These locations can be found on the attached itinerary and map. Approximately 6 to 10 Zodiacs would be transporting passengers between the cruise vessel and shore at one time. No more than 100 people would be ashore at one time. This number can be reduced if required.The crew on board the cruise vessel are well versed in measures to avoid dangerous wildlife encounters. They keep watch for dangerous animals, and will not approach land if dangerous wildlife is spotted ashore. When ashore, food is not left unattended (if brought ashore at all). The crew have a system in place to safely and efficiently move passengers back to the vessel by zodiac should they spot dangerous wildlife.As agent for the cruise line, we works closely with Department of Economic Development and Transportation, Government of Nunavut to ensure all proper procedures are followed, and that all required permits are in place. We will be contacting the communities / organizations over the next few weeks to finalize arrangements for the vessel’s cruise. The cruise line and vessel’s crew are very experienced and will do the utmost to minimize any potential impact to the environment, and more specifically seabird chicks in these protected areas. The cruise line is accomplished in organizing cruise in the Antarctic, White Sea, Arctic and Greenland for more than 15 years and is very sensitive to the unique attention required to the environmental areas the vessel travels within.