Epic Polar - New York, New York

Linda B.

We used Epic Polar on an expedition to Antarctica with Aurora. Julia was amazing! Aurora was recently sold and had a lot of administration issues. Julia was invaluable in running interference with Aurora and making sure everything worked smoothly. I have worked with a lot of travel agents and Julia is one of the best! I just wish she would start handling other expeditions so we could use her over and over again! Linda Bytof

Marty K.

I had the good fortune to discover Julia Wright and Epic Polar about a year ago, in the early phase of my planning my first travel to Antarctica, a journey that I finished this week with utter delight and deep gratitude. Julia helped me to focus and home my criteria and priorities, and to land perfectly with Aurora's Greg Mortimer, a sensational ship and a glorious experience. She was there from the beginning right up to helping make sure that my delayed baggage was with me when I left Ushuaia for the Drake Passage. Five Stars and then some!

Tt F.

14Mar2024, first time we contacted Epic Polar and our trip booking done on 21Mar2024. However, later on 24Apr2024 we were very disappointed and concerned that our booked trip was cancelled, and very fortunately this little hiccup was handled professionally by both Quark and Epic Polar, re-booking for similar itinerary and close date was done swiftly and smoothly. We had no complaint at all and very satisfied with the final outcome.
Now, we were back from our round trip 13nights(11-23May2024) Spitsbergen Cruise and Land Tour, on board Ultramarine. Overall, we had wonderful good time cruising on Ultramarine, and really enjoyed their zodiac outings, shore landings and hikings.

Erin S.

Julia was an absolute pleasure to work with in booking a trip to the Arctic. She understood what I was looking for and I got the trip of a lifetime (and the added bonus of seeing 7 polar bears!). I would definitely use Epic Polar again for any future polar expeditions. Thanks team for creating some wonderful and lasting memories.

Shauna P.

I can't say enough positive things about working with Julia and Epic Polar. In addition to being knowledgable about the trip we wanted to take, Julia went above and beyond to hop on Zooms and answer all of our questions. We also wound up having a medical complication during our trip and Julia was on top of everything immediately. Couldn't have asked for a better travel agent!

Darin &. T. C.

Julia arranged our Atlas Cruise to Antartica. She was knowledgeable, kept us informed, and promptly answered all our questions. She was a dream to work with and I would not hesitate to book with her again. Thank You, Julia, for helping us travel to our 7th continent. Tracy and Darin Craig. Atlas Ocean Traveller Oct. 30/2024 to Antarctica.

Gregg M.

Not enough can be said about how far Julia/Epic Polar will go above and beyond for you, to have your dream adventures come true!
On my 1st trip down to Antarctica, I was fortunate enough to find Epic Polar, and she helped guide me every step of the way, to make sure I was good to go for the trip! Fast-forward to the week of my 1st trip and the day we flew down to Buenos Aires, the cruise agency taking us to Antarctica cancelled on us due to COVID on Thanksgiving day (2 days before departing from port)! I was devastated, along with everyone else who was supposed to go. I informed Julia of the bad news... and what did she do? She IMMEDIATELY started looking for other options! While everyone else who booked through travel agents tried to get in-contact, they all had no luck due to the holiday, but, not only did Julia manage to find me a last-minute cruise option to fill in for a similar itinerary I was supposed to originally take, she managed to do the same for 20 others (see pic of enitre group of randoms-now-friends she managed to help!) from our cancelled cruise, after I spread the word she was able to help! I managed to get to Antarctica because of her!

From that very 1st experience with her, I have used her for all my big trips to Include the Arctic (visiting Svalbard, Greenland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands), to a 2nd cruise cruise to Antarctica, and now she is in the process of booking my next adventure to do the Mt. Everest Basecamp Trek and exploring Nepal!

It goes without saying, Epic Polar is hands-down the greatest company/agency anyone could use if looking to book a trip to the poles, and other more unique locations! The effort Epic Polar puts forth to make everything go as smoothly as possible is truely next-level, and you will be doing yourself a huuuuuuge disservice if you don't book through them!

Enjoy all of the pics! I captured all of these, only thanks to Epic Polar's Epic dedication to making travel happen!

*20 out of 10!*

Nancy R.

We had booked a trip to South Georgia in 2022 for Feb 2024 with Epic Polar. Our agent Julia was quick to reply to our inquiry about the tour & answered all our questions promptly. Athough we had many issues with the tour operator Julia worked tirelessly to secure some compensation for us & forfeited her commission to ensure we were fairly compensated for what happened with the tour company. Once we informed her of the issues we were having she was there for us trying to resolve the issues. If you want a truly reliable, professional company & agent who will look after you then Epic polar & Julia are definitely the ones to book your tour with.