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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)

Jamie Lafferty

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2024  •   BY Jamie Lafferty

Necessity Bears

Polar bears: Hunting for and being haunted by polar bears in the high Arctic (5-minute read)

Jamie Lafferty

Jamie Lafferty

A lone Penguin in Antarctica

JULY 01, 2024  •   BY Jamie Lafferty

The last penguin

If you’re hoping to see all of the world’s 18 penguin species, there is good and bad news (6-minute read)

Mark Stratton

Mark Stratton

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024  •   BY Mark Stratton

Fifty words for snow: A micro-expedition to Scoresby Sound

A micro-expedition to Scoresby Sound (5-minute read)

Mark Stratton

Mark Stratton

Citizen Science lecture

JUNE 25, 2024  •   BY Teresa Machan

Sailing for Science

What value does Citizen Science add to an expedition cruise? (5-minute read)

Sue Stockdale

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JUNE 27, 2024  •   BY Sue Stockdale

The adventurous mindset

Expeditioner and life coach Sue Stockdale explores the adventurous mindset and how it applies to expedition cruising (3-minute read)

Rebecca Barnes

Rebecca Barnes

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JUNE 01, 2024  •   BY Rebecca Barnes

Sailing solo on the frozen continent

A solo expedition cruise? Until fate pushed it my way I didn't know I needed one... (4-minute read)

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JUNE 29, 2024  •   BY Saunders CB

Krill: the planet's smallest influencers?

How an off-course expedition cruise in Antarctica and a tiny crustacean activated my ambassadorship of the planet (10-minute read)

Mark Stratton

Mark Stratton

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JULY 15, 2024  •   BY Mark Stratton

The Northwest Passage: a journey across the roof of the world

It wasn’t long ago that the Northwest Passage was the quest of hardened explorers, some of whom would never leave this harsh environment (10-minute read)

Lazy Bear Expeditions

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OCTOBER 10, 2024  •   BY Mark Stratton

Aurora Borealis and Solar Cycle 25 explained

Insights: Why 2025 is a good year to witness the Northern Lights (4-minute read)

Jamie Lafferty

Jamie Lafferty

D28 Iceberg by Jamie Lafferty

NOVEMBER 05, 2024  •   BY Danielle Fear

Unveiling Iceberg A23A: The Latest Marvel of Nature

A fascinating insight into one of the world's largest icebergs (5-minute read)

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