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West Africa Monrovia Craft Market Masks 354

APRIL 23, 2026 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

West Africa: Expedition cruising’s last unscripted coastline

This is expedition cruising at its most revealing: a coastline where access is everything, and narratives are still being written. (⏱️4-minute read)

APRIL 22, 2026 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

Earth Day 2026: Why You Don’t Have to Leave Earth for a Life-affirming View of it

Opinion Piece: On Earth Day 2026, we look at how Antarctica mirrors the emotional impact of space for those who visit (⏱️3-minute read)

Billy Heaney

APRIL 16, 2026 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

It’s Humpback Soup: The Southern Ocean’s Most Extraordinary Comeback

The phrase “humpback soup” was used by zoologist and ExplorEarth contributor Billy Heaney during his first trip to Antarctica in March 2025, and it has quietly taken hold (⏱️4-minute read)

Michael S. Nolan, LEX

LEX Mexico Baja California Sur Cabo Pulmo National Park

APRIL 13, 2026 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

Where Desert Meets Ocean: Baja California Is Probably the Best Expedition Cruise Destination You’ve Never Heard of

Baja California offers a rare convergence of accessibility and biodiversity, where desert landscapes collapse into two oceans and expedition ships move through one of the most densely alive marine systems on Earth (⏱️5-minute read)

Hapag Lloyd Cruises

APRIL 11, 2026 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

The Amazon and the Rise of Expedition-Style River Cruising

From ocean-class vessels reaching deep into the basin to small ships navigating its hidden tributaries, the Amazon is redefining how expedition cruising works. (⏱️4-minute read)

Emperor Penguins ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution All Photos Stephanie Jenouvrier 5801

APRIL 09, 2026 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

The Ice is No Longer Holding: Emperor Penguins Reclassified as Endangered

Emperor Penguins have officially been reclassified as endangered, moving them up two categories from their previous status of “near threatened.” (⏱️3-minute read)

Mike Unwin

APRIL 07, 2026 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

Svalbard 2026: Beyond the Polar Bear Photo

Svalbard’s new regulations are limiting access, enforcing distance and reshaping how wildlife is encountered. In doing so, they are redefining what expedition cruising looks like. (⏱️4-minute read)

Jeff Reynolds/Maple Leaf Adventures

Swell Boat Jeff Reynolds Alaska Glacier 1041

MARCH 30, 2026 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

The Expedition Illusion: Why Big Ships Are Trying to Act Small and How Alaska Exposes the Difference

Alaska has always resisted simplification, which is why it has become such a revealing cruise destination (⏱️4-minute read)

Burnham Arlidge

MARCH 26, 2026 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

‘Greenlandification’: Is Antarctica Going Green?

For decades, Antarctica was treated as the stable half of Earth’s ice system, the cold, slow-moving counterweight to a rapidly melting Arctic. That assumption is now breaking down. (⏱️3-minute read)

MARCH 18, 2026 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

The first true hybrid expedition: A New Era of Antarctic Exploration

How Terra Nova’s cruise–sailing hybrid redefines what it means to experience the White Continent (⏱️3-minute read)

MARCH 23, 2026 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

Cultural immersion is the defining layer of Greenland expeditions

What increasingly sets Greenland apart from other expedition destinations is not just its scale or remoteness, but the fact that it is not an empty wilderness. (⏱️4-minute read)