Cruising the World in Style
Viking continues to mark new milestones for its expedition voyages, as the new purpose-built Viking Octantis® kicks off its inaugural season in the Great Lakes. Designed specifically to reach the Great Lakes region, the Viking Octantis recently completed a roundtrip through the Welland Canal—a key section of the St. Lawrence Seaway connecting Lake Ontario and Lake Erie—making it the largest…
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Ultra-luxury, all-inclusive cruise line Scenic now spans the world, unveiling its 2023/24 sailing collection on board its expanded fleet of Discovery Yachts. With the introduction of Scenic Eclipse II, guests will be able to reach further than ever before as Scenic’s new season features more than 50 countries across all seven continents, marking Scenic’s largest-ever collection of ultra-luxury ocean voyages….
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Viking® (www.viking.com) has taken delivery of Viking Octantis®, the company’s first of two new purpose-built expedition ships. The delivery ceremony took place this morning at Fincantieri’s VARD shipyard in Søviknes, Norway. Viking Octantis hosts 378 guests and sets sail tomorrow toward South America to welcome guests in January 2022 for Viking’s first voyages to Antarctica. Viking Octantis will be officially…
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As the popularity of expedition cruising to Antarctica continues to gain momentum, Scenic is introducing new itineraries that allow guests to avoid the nearly two-day Drake Passage journey — flying from Punta Arenas, Chile, to meet the line’s ultra-luxury Discovery Yacht, Scenic Eclipse, at Antarctica’s King George Island, the largest of the South Shetland Islands. Utilizing the two-hour flight allows…
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LegendsAbroad.com will serve you a once-in-a-lifetime Antarctic expedition to the seventh continent. A limited number of lucky travelers will have the chance to spend eleven days with two of the sport’s most iconic legends, and witness history as the game is formally played for the first time on a continent known for geographical isolation and exoticism. The trip is also…
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PONANT, the leader in expedition cruising, will debut Le Commandant Charcot in November 2021 for its inaugural Antarctica season with six new itineraries. Itineraries will range from 11- to 24-nights and start at $13,970 per person. Nearly a century after the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, the White Continent remains largely undiscovered today. For the first time, PONANT’s guests will…
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Silversea Cruises, the global leader in ultra-luxury and expedition travel, is set to enhance its global fleet with the conversion of Silver Wind to an ice-class, ultra-luxury expedition ship. The move signals continued confidence in the fast-growing popularity of ultra-luxury expedition travel to the pristine glaciers and wildlife-rich regions of Antarctica. Silver Wind is presently undergoing refurbishments at the Remontowa shipyard in Gdańsk, Poland, following a…
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The Danish boutique expedition cruise operator Albatros Expeditions, part of the Albatros Travel Group, has released its first Arctic season on the brand-new Ocean Albatros. The Ocean Albatros is a sistership of the Ocean Victory, having the same excellent environmental performance with the lowest Greenhouse Gases (GHG) emissions per passenger in the industry. Albatros Expeditions has always been an award-winning…
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Poseidon Expeditions announces the resumption of its signature North Pole icebreaker cruises aboard the nuclear-powered 50 Years of Victory with two departures in July 2021. Due to ongoing COVID-related travel restrictions, the July 10-22 and July 21-Aug. 2 cruises will be occupied almost exclusively with Russian nationals. “While our Sea Spirit and the ships of most Arctic expedition ship operators…
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Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world leader in exploration travel, is offering almost all its 2021-22 itineraries at an incredible discount of up to 50% off from July 1 to July 8 as part of its annual July Fourth sale. The sale includes one of the lowest fares ever to Antarctica on a 19-day cruise on board the MS Fram, which sails…
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