Cruise news (AntarcticaArctic-tagged)
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Hurtigruten Expeditions 2023-2024 itineraries (Alaska, Antarctica/Arctic, Galapagos, West Africa)
Hurtigruten Expeditions unveiled their 2023-2024 cruises that would span 5 continents and 150+ different itineraries, including calls to Alaska...
April 8, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Swan Hellenic announces 2022-2023 Antarctica cruises
Swan Hellenic announced the line's 2022-2023 season cultural expedition cruises of Antarctica. Season 2022-23 will repeat the itineraries (which the...
April 3, 2022 - Accidents
Swan Hellenic changes 2022-2023 cruises due to Russia-Ukraine crisis
Swan Hellenic announced a series of changes to the line's 2022-2023 cultural expedition cruises, thus responding both to the situation in Ukraine and...
March 23, 2022 - Accidents
Poseidon Expeditions cancels Summer 2022 polar programs in Russian territorial waters
Poseidon Expeditions (fleet) announced that it had cancelled its Summer 2022 polar programs in Russian territorial waters. This affects a total of 7...
March 20, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Oceanwide Expeditions opens Antarctica 2023-2024 program for bookings
Dutch polar tour operator Oceanwide Expeditions opened its Antarctica 2023-2024 program for bookings, including some of its most ambitious...
March 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Aurora Expeditions adds new itineraries and destinations to the 2023 Arctic & Global Season
The Australian company Aurora Expeditions introduced its 2023 Arctic & Global season and accompanying 2022-2023 brochure, featuring a number of...
March 7, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Lindblad's National Geographic Resolution to explore Arctic Svalbard in Spring earlier than ever...
Lindblad Expeditions announced that this April they would venture to the Arctic earlier in the cruise season than ever before when they bring the...
March 6, 2022 - Accidents
Norway introduces more restrictions on cruise ships
A government commission in Norway recommended strengthening the regulation of cruise ships in the country, restricting winter voyages, and clamping...
February 27, 2022 - Accidents
Atlas Ocean Voyages' ship World Navigator drops Sankt-Petersburg (Russia)
AOV-Atlas Ocean Voyages (managed by Mystic Cruises USA) announced that, as a result of current regional tensions in Russia and Ukraine, the cruise...
February 26, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Viking Expeditions’ Viking Octantis starts her first Antarctic season
Viking Cruises marked the launch of its highly-anticipated brand Viking Expeditions (fleet) with the new purpose-built Viking Octantis ship starting...
February 18, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Two icebreakers - Ponant's Le Commandant Charcot and RRS Sir David Attenborough, working on an...
Ponant' icebreaker Le Commandant Charcot and RRS Sir David Attenborough icebreaker both entered service in 2021 with their missions to sail in the...
February 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten Expeditions unveils new Pole-to-Pole cruises
The world’s largest expedition travel brand Hurtigruten Expeditions is launching a series of Grand Expedition Cruises. 4 continents, 100...
February 14, 2022 - Cruise Industry
Swan Hellenic’s 2nd expedition cruise ship SH Vega floated out
On February 10, 2022, Helsinki Shipyard floated Swan Hellenic's SH Vega out of dry dock. SH Vega is the sistership of SH Minerva, launched at the...
February 12, 2022 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Scenic Eclipse made history with first submersible dive on South Georgia Islands in 40 years
Scenic Cruises' ship Scenic Eclipse made history with the first submersible dive on South Georgia Island in 40 years, since the Falklands War in...
February 4, 2022 - Accidents
Swan Hellenic’s Minerva evacuates Antarctic Quest expedition team to Ushuaia
Swan Hellenic announced that its new 5-star ice-class expedition SH Minerva had given assistance to evacuate the "Antarctic Quest 2021" expedition...
January 28, 2022