The Margin: Sleep in a North Pole ‘igloo’ for just $105,000 a night

The price tag covers a heated dome with an en suite toilet, chef and security team in April 2020. Read More...

Staying on top of the world will cost you.

The Luxury Action travel company is launching a pop-up hotel at the North Pole next April that will include 10 heated domes stationed in the center of the frozen Arctic Ocean. And it will cost a cool 95,000 euros, or about $105,000, to spend a single night at the northernmost hotel in the world.

Luxury Action offers high-end experiences such as an authentic Finnish Christmas Adventure in a remote Lapland chalet for around $14,000 a week, or a $26,800 custom-designed “Hollywood Experience” that lets guests star in their own movie.

But it boasts that its North Pole Igloos are “the most exclusive travel destinations on Earth.” The six-figure price tag covers one night in one of 10 heated igloos (made of glass, not ice) in April 2020, a month-long travel window when adventurers can fly to the North Pole safely by helicopter. (The Geographic North Pole is also accessible by ship in June and July.) Guests are guaranteed to see the Northern Lights at this time of year, as well, which they can spy from their beds, since the roof and walls of the igloos are made of glass to fully immerse them in nature.

There is also an en-suit bathroom for each dome, as well as an on-site camp manager, an Arctic wilderness guide, a chef and a security team included in the package.

The price also covers a two-night stay in Svalbard, Norway and a two-hour helicopter ride to the North Pole ice camp. Plus, the travel agency provides all of the equipment needed to stay safe in a place where temperatures plummet to negative 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter, and a high of just 32 degrees Fahrenheit (the freezing point of water) in the summer.

Luxury Action founder Janne Honkanen told MarketWatch by email that customers had been requesting more information about ways to explore the Arctic. “I thought that this is the time and the opportunity to give a chance for my guests to experience the North Pole with Arctic explorers and scientists in a safe way,” said Honkanen. “You can join the group of very rare people who have spent a night at the North Pole’s glacier.”

It’s also an opportunity to show people firsthand what’s at risk as climate change melts the polar ice caps and displaces wildlife. “All our guests who have been traveling with us, take concern of the Arctic nature and climate crisis,” said Honkanen. “I believe they are also the best messengers for us in order to spread word of how climate change affects our lives in the Arctic, as well as what are the effects on our Arctic animals and nature.”