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Cruise Weekly Comment: Changes Afloat
Like so many travel industry segments, the so-called global financial crisis has caused many operators to reevaluate their strategic planning. Even so, several were committed to new vessels and itineraries devised in the glory days leading up to the collapse. Certainly one of the most ambitious and adventurous itineraries would have to be Cruise West’s […]
Cruise Weekly Comment: Changes Afloat
Like so many travel industry segments, the so-called global financial crisis has caused many operators to reevaluate their strategic planning. Even so, several were committed to new vessels and itineraries devised in the glory days leading up to the collapse. Certainly one of the most ambitious and adventurous itineraries would have to be Cruise West’s […]
Three Polar Travel Myths Debunked
Consumers considering the polar regions as travel destinations often have three misconceptions about the Arctic and Antarctica: 1. Neither region is a sun destination. 2. They are cold places to visit. 3. Polar voyages are more expensive than other cruises. Nothing could be further from the truth. The polar regions are the ultimate sun destinations. […]
Three Polar Travel Myths Debunked
Consumers considering the polar regions as travel destinations often have three misconceptions about the Arctic and Antarctica: 1. Neither region is a sun destination. 2. They are cold places to visit. 3. Polar voyages are more expensive than other cruises. Nothing could be further from the truth. The polar regions are the ultimate sun destinations. […]
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World
To have Billy Connolly as a personal tour guide through some of the world’s most dramatic landscapes—from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the fabled Northwest Passage – is to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience. With his idiosyncratic humour, Billy searches for the beauty of ordinariness and bumps into all manner of weird and wonderful people […]
Billy Connolly: Journey to the Edge of the World
To have Billy Connolly as a personal tour guide through some of the world’s most dramatic landscapes—from the Atlantic to the Pacific via the fabled Northwest Passage – is to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience. With his idiosyncratic humour, Billy searches for the beauty of ordinariness and bumps into all manner of weird and wonderful people […]
Cruise ship carrying 105 runs aground in Antarctica. All safe, ship appears undamaged.
MORE than 100 people on a cruise ship that ran aground off Antarctica have been transferred to another ship. Ship operator Quark Expeditions said the 106 people from the Bahamian-flagged Ocean Nova were now sailing on another ship operated by the Clipper Adventurer company. Seven Australians were among the 65 passengers, 30 crew and 11 […]
Cruise ship carrying 105 runs aground in Antarctica. All safe, ship appears undamaged.
MORE than 100 people on a cruise ship that ran aground off Antarctica have been transferred to another ship. Ship operator Quark Expeditions said the 106 people from the Bahamian-flagged Ocean Nova were now sailing on another ship operated by the Clipper Adventurer company. Seven Australians were among the 65 passengers, 30 crew and 11 […]
Rare Polar Voyage to World’s Largest Nature Preserve
For travelers looking to get far off the beaten track this summer, a rare Arctic expedition may fit the bill. “All voyages to our planet’s polar regions are special, but the Arctic Islands expedition visits places that few other people will ever see,” says Pat Shaw, President of Quark Expeditions. “This voyage is offered only […]
Announcing the Maiden Voyage to the North Pole of the World’s Newest, Largest and Most Sophisticated Icebreaker, 50 Years of Victory
Quark Expeditions, world leader in polar adventure travel, has chartered the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Years of Victory for expeditions to the North Pole in 2008. Twenty years in the making, Victory, the largest Arktika-class vessel ever built, has a spoon-shaped bow, and an all-new automated digital control system. A stainless steel ice belt 18 feet […]
