Terms and Conditions

Trip date: June 26, 2007 - July 19, 2007

Ship Booking Cost:
Standard Twin: $18,950 per person - 34 cabins available
Mini Suite Twin: $19,950 per person - 9 cabins available
Suite Twin: $20,950 per person - 11 cabins available

All Cabins are double occupancy, first come - first serve. Standard twin cabins are available for single occupancy at 1.7 times the share price.

Deposit/Booking requirements:
25% deposit to book trip (non-refundable)
20% June 2006
20% Dec. 2006
35% June 2007

Payments: Participants may pay for space on Our Hollow Earth expedition by check, money order in US dollars or by credit card (Visa, MasterCard or American Express). Payments should be directed to: The Expedition Company, P.O. Box 1574, Provo, Utah 84603. Tel: 800-937-7238, Fax: 801-426-4905.

Upon registration participants will receive a pre-departure information packet including written trip confirmation, detailed itinerary, a recommended reading list and an information bulletin detailing health recommendations, visa requirements, climate advisory, clothing and equipment list, travel insurance packet and other travel tips. All participants must book their own round trip air from their hometown to Moscow/Murmansk, Russia. We recommend that participants contact Over-Seas Travel (800) 968-1711 for air arrangements and fare quotes.

Cancellation/refund policy:
Forfeit 25% trip deposit if cancel on or before December 2005
Forfeit 75% trip deposit if cancel on or before December 2006
Forfeit 100% trip deposit if cancel after December 2006

Air transportation from your hometown to Moscow/Murmansk and return: We encourage participants to call our in-house Travel Department: Over-Seas Travel, headed by Betty Leasure in Salt Lake City, Utah (800) 968-1711. Betty can assist you in quoting round trip airfares from your hometown to Moscow/Murmansk, Russia.

Travel & Cancellation Insurance: We strongly recommend that you protect yourself and your baggage with a short term traveler's insurance policy as well as cancellation Insurance. Baggage is carried entirely at owner's risk. Steve Currey Expeditions assumes no liability whatsoever for damage, loss or delay of property. Trip Cancellation Insurance will cover your losses on non-refundable air and land costs on trips cancelled due to illness. Please contact our travel department at Over-Seas Travel to receive a Traveler's Insurance Package and quotes.

Responsibility: Delays and expenses arising from Steve Currey Expeditions Inc, dba The Expedition Company and cooperating agencies act only in the capacity of agent for all matters relating to transportation and/or all other related travel services and assume no responsibility howsoever caused for injury, loss or damage, to person or property in connections with any service, including but not limited to that resulting directly or indirectly from natural disaster, detention, annoyance, quarantine, strikes, thefts, pilferage, force nature, act of God, failure of any means of conveyance to arrive or depart as scheduled, civil disturbances, government restrict ions or regulation, discrepancies or change in transit over which Steve Currey Expeditions Inc, dba The Expedition Company has no control. Air Schedules are subject to change. Trip arrangements are made more than a year in advance, and unforeseen conditions that mandate changes may arise. We are also continually seeking ways to improve our expeditions and from time to time make changes that will provide participants with an even more enjoyable and rewarding experience. We reserve the right to cancel any expedition or tour prior to departure due to Political climate, insufficient registration, Sea condition s/extreme weather conditions, sickness or other conditions beyond our control. In such a case, FULL refund of any monies received by Steve Currey Expeditions Inc, dba The Expedition Company will be refunded to the customer and will constitute full settlement.

Add-ons: Pre-trip extensions available to St. Petersburg. Please contact our travel department at: Over-Seas Travel 1-800-968-1711.

Included: Voyage aboard the Yamal as indicated in the Itinerary. Hotel accommodation s in a shared twin room for two nights with breakfast in Moscow. Sightseeing in Moscow. All shore excursions and activities throughout the voyage by Zodiac and/or helicopter (as included in group excursions with no specific amount of helicopter time guaranteed). Program of lectures by noted naturalists and leadership provided by experienced expedition staff. All meals aboard ship. Comprehensive pre-departure materials and Arctic handbook. Transfers and baggage handling between the hotels, airports and ship as indicated in the Itinerary. All miscellaneous service taxes and port charges throughout the program. Special expedition parka and detailed post-expedition log.

Not-included: Airfares from passenger Hometown to and from Moscow/Murmansk, Russia, whether on scheduled or charter flights; passport and visa expenses; government arrival and departure taxes; meals ashore and supplement for single hotel accommodations; Personal, cancellation and baggage insurance (which is strongly recommended); excess baggage charges and all items of a personal nature such as laundry, bar and beverage charges and telecommunication charges; and the customary gratuity at the end of the voyage for the stewards and others who have served you aboard (guidelines will be provided).

Available Rentals: None

Booking Information:

CANCELLED

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