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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 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)

HIGHLIGHT

MARCH 04, 2026 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

98-Year-Old Patricia Herndon Pearce Lands on the Antarctic Continent, Making Her Its Eldest Ever Visitor

Why travelling to Antarctica today feels less like an adventure and more like bearing witness to a pivotal chapter in Earth’s story (4-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)

Silversea

MARCH 10, 2026 • BY ExplorEarth Editor

Australia’s Last Wild Coast: The Kimberley

Once considered one of Australia’s most remote frontiers, the Kimberley is rapidly emerging as one of the world’s most sought-after expedition cruising regions. (4-minute read)

MARCH 16, 2026 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

Flying to Antarctica: Inside Polar Latitudes Expeditions’ New Fly-Cruise Expedition Programme

ExplorEarth speaks exclusively with Steffan Danino, Head of Product Development at Polar Latitudes Expeditions, about the rise of fly-cruise Antarctic travel and their own new programme. ( ⏱️4-minute read)