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NOVEMBER 28, 2025 • BY Jos Dewing, FRGS

Where the World Ends, Terra Nova Begins

ExplorEarth goes behind the scenes with the founder of the industry's newest polar-first operator. (4-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)

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 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)

Mark Stratton

HIGHLIGHT

NOVEMBER 02, 2025 • BY Mark Stratton

Penguins or polar bears? First choice is yours

Your starting choice is whether to head north to the Arctic or south to Antarctica (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)

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)

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)