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Rosie B. Wild

MARCH 03, 2025 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

The Sandeel: A Puffins’ lifeline, a photographer’s muse and a looming courtroom battle

Learning about sandeels and their importance within marine food webs (5-minute read)

Rosie B Wild

FEBRUARY 16, 2025 • BY Melissa Hobson

A fluke discovery

How your holiday snap can help scientists learn the secrets of humpback whales around the world (4-minute read)

Silversea

FEBRUARY 25, 2025 • BY Edwina Lonsdale

Warm water expeditions to the Galapagos and the Kimberley: Which to choose?

Edwina Lonsdale explores the opportunities available on warm water expedition cruises to the Galapagos and the Kimberley. (4-minute read)

Stefanie Waldeck

JANUARY 24, 2025 • BY Stefanie Waldek

The Drake Passage: To Fly, or Not to Fly?

When travelling to Antarctica, flying the Drake has its pros and cons (4-minute read)

Alamy

Ernest Shackleton Captain Robert Falcon Scott And Dr. Edward Wilson On The British National Antarctic Expedition

FEBRUARY 15, 2025 • BY Mark Stratton

Shackleton. Natural born leader.

151 years after his death, Shackleton's derring-do spirit is still cited as a paradigm of leadership (4-minute read)

Mark Stratton

Light Mantled Albatross South Georgia Antarctic

JANUARY 16, 2025 • BY Mark Stratton

Sailing the extraordinary flightpath of the albatross

On an epic voyage across the entire South Atlantic that didn't quite go to plan, Mark Stratton found marvel and solace along the rarely sailed flight path of the largest birds on Earth (9-minute read)

Jamie Lafferty

FEBRUARY 10, 2025 • BY Mark Stratton

New Svalbard regulations

Balancing development and conservation with Svalbard’s new rulebook (4-minute read)

Istock

JANUARY 06, 2025 • BY Mark Stratton

Whales - the senior citizens of our global seas

New research has found southern right-whales are capable of living over 150 years, which has implications about how we view whales and how to conserve them. (9-minute read)

Mike Unwin

Humpback Whale Breaching Baja California

JANUARY 07, 2025 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

Should you be here?

Humpback whale sightings in Sussex, England. Is this something to celebrate or a red flag? (3-minute read)

Mellina Chheng

Gentoo Penguins on the ice in Antarctica

DECEMBER 16, 2024 • BY Melina Chheng

How my first trip to Antarctica changed my view on travel

Now that I've returned from Antarctica, what I've gained is far more than just a tick on the bucket list (3-minute read)

Billy Heaney

Orca breaching in Norway, iconic marine wildlife sighting

JANUARY 03, 2025 • BY Billy Heaney

Arctic Encounters: an orcaholics expedition in Norway

Adventurous zoologist Billy Heaney travels to Skjervøy, Arctic Norway, for thrilling close encounters with orcas and breathtaking wildlife (9-minute read)