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Compagnie du Ponant Summer 2013 Brochure
Compagnie du Ponant has released their Summer 2013 Brochure featuring luxury cruises in The Great North, Canada, Mediterranean Northern Europe, The Baltic and Asia. Compagnie du Ponant offers travellers a unique and privileged cruise. The new brochure celebrates the company’s latest vessel, Le Soléal’s inaugural season. Compagnie du Ponant’s latest ship forms a warm and […]
Compagnie du Ponant Sold
Le Boreal, the first of three state-of-the-art adventure cruise ships Bridgepoint, a privately owned holding company, completes acquisition of Compagnie du Ponant, the French luxury cruise line renowned for its specialist polar cruises, from CMA CGM via its parent company Mérit. The terms of the transaction are undisclosed. Founded in 1988 and with over 580 […]
Compagnie du Ponant Sold
Le Boreal, the first of three state-of-the-art adventure cruise ships Bridgepoint, a privately owned holding company, completes acquisition of Compagnie du Ponant, the French luxury cruise line renowned for its specialist polar cruises, from CMA CGM via its parent company Mérit. The terms of the transaction are undisclosed. Founded in 1988 and with over 580 […]
Greenland Highlights: Mon 6 August 2012. Ilulissat
Yesterday I recall waxing on about being impressed by icebergs. Big, blue, majestic … and all that. Well, today I was really gob-smacked. Again, after some extraordinary seamanship from Capt Garcia and his men, we arrived at the port of Ilulissat; a place that could easily be described as Iceberg Central and hub for the […]
Greenland Highlights: Mon 6 August 2012. Ilulissat
Yesterday I recall waxing on about being impressed by icebergs. Big, blue, majestic … and all that. Well, today I was really gob-smacked. Again, after some extraordinary seamanship from Capt Garcia and his men, we arrived at the port of Ilulissat; a place that could easily be described as Iceberg Central and hub for the […]
Greenland Highlights: Sun 5 August 2012. Eqi Glacier
It doesn’t matter how many times you see a glacier up close, these massive feats of nature cannot fail to impress you. Here in the 40,240ha UNESCO World Heritage-listed Illulissat Ice Fjord, it is one of the few places on Earth where you can witness these frozen monsters complete their millennia-long march to the sea, […]
Greenland Highlights: Sun 5 August 2012. Eqi Glacier
It doesn’t matter how many times you see a glacier up close, these massive feats of nature cannot fail to impress you. Here in the 40,240ha UNESCO World Heritage-listed Illulissat Ice Fjord, it is one of the few places on Earth where you can witness these frozen monsters complete their millennia-long march to the sea, […]
Greenland Highlights: Sat. 4 August 2012. Kitsisarssuit.
Life above the Arctic Circle has to be tough and here in the little village of Kitsisarssuit, 250 km north of the polar line we get a glimpse of a real Inuit village and meet the people up close. Just a couple of hundred folks live here on an island not far from the famous […]
Greenland Highlights: Sat. 4 August 2012. Kitsisarssuit.
Life above the Arctic Circle has to be tough and here in the little village of Kitsisarssuit, 250 km north of the polar line we get a glimpse of a real Inuit village and meet the people up close. Just a couple of hundred folks live here on an island not far from the famous […]
Greenland Highlights: Friday 3 August 2012. Nuuk, Greenland
Inuit girls from 1906 from photo at National Museum [www.natmus.gl] The old town of Nuuk. After a slow and foggy leg from the very bottom of Greenland, Le Boréal makes port in the misty capital of this land, Nuuk. By virtue of its ties with Denmark (the currency is Danish Kroner), Nuuk is the most […]
