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NOVEMBER 16, 2025 • BY Mark Stratton

66° Expeditions: New Kids on the Expedition Cruise Block

Mark Stratton introduces one of the newest small-ship expedition players, 66° Expeditions, operating in the Arctic and Antarctica (3-minute read)

NOVEMBER 11, 2025 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

Beneath the Hole in the Sky: What Antarctica’s Ozone Discovery and Global Response Teaches us about Working Together for the Planet

Read about Antarctica’s ozone hole discovery and global response teaches us about working together and ambassadorship for the planet (4-minute read)

Jos Dewing

Greg Mortimer In Fowey Cornwall British Isles 1267

NOVEMBER 01, 2025 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

Beyond the Poles: How Expedition Ships Are Redefining Cultural Travel

From the icy edges of the world to the cradle of civilisation, small expedition ships are redefining exploration, where culture, nature, curiosity and even cuisine, meet at sea. (4-minute read)

Miranda Krestovnikoff

OCTOBER 27, 2025 • BY Miranda Krestovnikoff

A seabird safari

Discovering the UK's seabirds with wildlife enthusiasts from all corners of the globe (6-minute read)

Karen Hollands

Lucy Gentoo Lecustic Penguin Paradaise Harbour Antarctica

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025 • BY Karen Hollands

Lucy the Leucistic Penguin: An Unexpected Encounter in Antarctica

Lucy the Leucistic Penguin: An Unexpected Encounter in Antarctica (4-minute read)

Mike Unwin

AUGUST 19, 2025 • BY Karen Hollands

When Should I Book My Antarctica Expedition Cruise?

Booking an expedition cruise to Antarctica is unlike planning a typical holiday... timing is everything. (3-minute read)

Karen Hollands

AUGUST 13, 2025 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

Why Pyramiden in Svalbard is not the World’s Northernmost Town?

The signs claiming victory around Longyearbyen are clear, so why is a town miles north not the owner of this headline moniker? (3-minute read)

Courtesy of Thor Heyerdahl Archives, The Kon-Tiki Museum.

The Kon-Tiki raft sailing the high seas. Navigator Erik Bryn Hesselberg on the top of the mast.

AUGUST 12, 2025 • BY Natalya Getman

Crossing the Pacific on a raft, the Kon-Tiki and Tangaroa expeditions

Olav Heyerdahl shares his experience of crossing the Pacific and preserving his grandfather's legacy (7-minute read)

JULY 27, 2025 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

What the new Superman movie tells us about choosing between the Arctic and Antarctica

What the new Superman movie tells us about choosing between the Arctic and Antarctica (4-minute read)

Karen Hollands

JULY 25, 2025 • BY Danielle Fear

Deception Island: Antarctica’s Volcanic Enigma

Deception Island, the only place in the world where a ship can sail into an active volcano to shelter from storms (4-minute read)

OCTOBER 25, 2024 • BY Mark Stratton

The Frontier town where polar bears do jail time

Churchill, an arctic port town in Canada, has a facility to hold polar bears that come into town. But it is not a straightforward progression that melting sea ice is increasing their visits downtown. (5-minute read)