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Antarctica: Frozen Folly

Antarctica: Frozen Folly

A trip to East Antarctica is anything but a walk in the park. Our Adventure Cruise Guide editor follows gingerly in the footsteps of Sir Douglas Mawson. Words & Photos: Roderick Eime “Beyond the Roaring Forties there are the Furious Fifties and Shrieking Sixties, for the storms that ravage these regions become more and more […]

Cruise ship sinks. Dozens missing

Cruise ship sinks. Dozens missing

File picture of 50-year-old river vessel, Bulgaria AT least one person died and 97 were missing yesterday after a Soviet-era cruise ship sank on a Russian river. The ship carrying more than 180 people sank in a heavy storm on Russia’s Volga River, officials and witnesses have said. A total of 84 people were rescued […]

Cruise ship sinks. Dozens missing

Cruise ship sinks. Dozens missing

File picture of 50-year-old river vessel, Bulgaria AT least one person died and 97 were missing yesterday after a Soviet-era cruise ship sank on a Russian river. The ship carrying more than 180 people sank in a heavy storm on Russia’s Volga River, officials and witnesses have said. A total of 84 people were rescued […]

Funeral Service for Otto Habsburg (1912-2011), son of the last Austrian Emperor

Funeral Service for Otto Habsburg (1912-2011), son of the last Austrian Emperor

A great European passed away on 4 July 2011: Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, son of the last Austrian Emperor and Empress, Karl and Zita, passed away in his house in the Bavarian town of Pöcking. He was 98 years old. Otto Habsburg-Lothringen will be buried together with his wife Regina, who died in February 2010, in Vienna’s […]

Funeral Service for Otto Habsburg (1912-2011), son of the last Austrian Emperor

Funeral Service for Otto Habsburg (1912-2011), son of the last Austrian Emperor

A great European passed away on 4 July 2011: Otto Habsburg-Lothringen, son of the last Austrian Emperor and Empress, Karl and Zita, passed away in his house in the Bavarian town of Pöcking. He was 98 years old. Otto Habsburg-Lothringen will be buried together with his wife Regina, who died in February 2010, in Vienna’s […]

LAN AIRLINES RECOMMENCES FLIGHTS FROM AUSTRALIA TO SOUTH AMERICA

LAN Airlines will resume daily flights between Australia and South America from tomorrow, Friday 8 July, following the dispersal of volcanic ash cloud in New Zealand airspace. Flight LA 800, the airline’s daily flight on the Sydney – Auckland – Santiago route, has been disrupted since early June because of the ash cloud. Flight LA […]

Hawaii: Romance Aloha Style

Hawaii: Romance Aloha Style

Hawai’i Tourism Oceania produces “Romantic Celebrations Hawai’i” Guide Everyone loves a TV wedding and with the romantic Hawaiian wedding of characters Indi and Romeo going to  air last week on popular soapie Home and Away, there is no better time to announce that Hawai’i Tourism has released a new Romantic Celebrations Guide! Having witnessed a […]

Hawaii: Romance Aloha Style

Hawaii: Romance Aloha Style

Hawai’i Tourism Oceania produces “Romantic Celebrations Hawai’i” Guide Everyone loves a TV wedding and with the romantic Hawaiian wedding of characters Indi and Romeo going to  air last week on popular soapie Home and Away, there is no better time to announce that Hawai’i Tourism has released a new Romantic Celebrations Guide! Having witnessed a […]

Hawaii: Romance Aloha Style

Hawai’i Tourism Oceania produces “Romantic Celebrations Hawai’i” Guide Everyone loves a TV wedding and with the romantic Hawaiian wedding of characters Indi and Romeo going to  air last week on popular soapie Home and Away, there is no better time to announce that Hawai’i Tourism has released a new Romantic Celebrations Guide! Having witnessed a […]

American Cruise Lines Awarded Contract to Operate in Glacier Bay

American Cruise Lines Awarded Contract to Operate in Glacier Bay

49-passenger American Glory American Cruise Lines announced today that it has been awarded a contract by the Glacier Bay National Park to operate in the famed Alaskan park, making the line one of only several permitted to tour the breathtaking area. Known for its abundant wildlife and spectacular blue glaciers, Glacier Bay is a highly […]