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Kingdom of the Polar Bear
Adventure cruiser, Roderick Eime, heads north in search of the mighty polar bear – and almost loses count. We cautiously exit the Zodiac on the pebbly beach. Ten at a time, we land on the beach, our guides already well ahead of us, scouting for sightings of the worlds largest terrestrial carnivore. Two hundred miles […]
Kingdom of the Polar Bear
Adventure cruiser, Roderick Eime, heads north in search of the mighty polar bear – and almost loses count. We cautiously exit the Zodiac on the pebbly beach. Ten at a time, we land on the beach, our guides already well ahead of us, scouting for sightings of the worlds largest terrestrial carnivore. Two hundred miles […]
Tasmania’s Wild North West: Beyond the Ramparts of the Unknown
Photo: Tourism Tasmania/Grant Dixon By Roderick Eime Flying into the tiny north-western regional hub of Wynyard, you could easily imagine you are in the middle of nowhere – and that is why so many visitors come! With a heritage that can be traced back to the early 19th Century, this far flung Van Diemen’s Land […]
Tasmania’s Wild North West: Beyond the Ramparts of the Unknown
Photo: Tourism Tasmania/Grant Dixon By Roderick Eime Flying into the tiny north-western regional hub of Wynyard, you could easily imagine you are in the middle of nowhere – and that is why so many visitors come! With a heritage that can be traced back to the early 19th Century, this far flung Van Diemen’s Land […]
Around the World with Cunard
Roderick Eime Many still believed the world was flat when Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain in search of the Spice Islands of Indonesia in 1519. Three years later, with Magellan himself dead and just one ship and 18 men remaining, the first known circumnavigation of the world was completed. Such is the allure of […]
Around the World with Cunard
Roderick Eime Many still believed the world was flat when Ferdinand Magellan set out from Spain in search of the Spice Islands of Indonesia in 1519. Three years later, with Magellan himself dead and just one ship and 18 men remaining, the first known circumnavigation of the world was completed. Such is the allure of […]
Alaska: Insider’s Passage
Roderick Eime Bordered by stunning mountain ranges with dense forest to the shoreline and calm, deep waterways, the Inside Passage is a 1500 kilometre waterway extending from Seattle Washington to Skagway in Alaska. Most commonly claimed by the Alaskans because of its enormous tourism appeal, the sheltered waterways were originally explored by early navigators as […]
Alaska: Insider’s Passage
Roderick Eime Bordered by stunning mountain ranges with dense forest to the shoreline and calm, deep waterways, the Inside Passage is a 1500 kilometre waterway extending from Seattle Washington to Skagway in Alaska. Most commonly claimed by the Alaskans because of its enormous tourism appeal, the sheltered waterways were originally explored by early navigators as […]
Why Green is the New Black
Everywhere you turn lately, it seems, people are talking about climate change, global warming, carbon offsets and lower emissions. How can you take off on your next holiday with a minimum impact? What’s fact and what’ fluff? Roderick Eime looks at the arguments. It would appear that even the most resistant critics have bent to […]
Adventure Quest
Committed adventure cruiser, Roderick Eime, shares some insight on one of the fastest growing travel sectors. Flick through the pages of any magazine or newspaper and you’re confronted with an overflowing smorgasbord of cruise travel possibilities. If this explosion of romantic ocean-going itineraries leads you to think cruise travel is on the up, then you […]
