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Rosie B Wild

NOVEMBER 26, 2025 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

A Changing Sky: Puffins Decline on the Farnes as Other Seabirds Rise

Why the WWFs “Walrus from Space” Project Is a Game-Changer for Arctic Wildlife Conservation. (3-minute read)

Michelle Sole Quark Expeditions

NOVEMBER 15, 2025 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

Inside Antarctica’s Rarest Wildlife Encounter: Reaching Snow Hill’s Emperor Penguins

Helicopters, expert navigation, and decades of polar experience make possible a landing at Antarctica’s legendary Snow Hill Emperor penguin colony. (3-minute read)

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)

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)

Mark Stratton

Wildlife Polar Bear By Smeerenburgbreen Glacier 1

AUGUST 26, 2025 • BY Mark Stratton

Experiencing Svalbard Under the New Wildlife Guidelines

The burning question for travellers to Svalbard this summer has been ‘Are we going to see polar bears?’. Mark Stratton joined 66° Expeditions to see what, if anything, has changed (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)