Silversea Expeditions, the leading authority in expedition cruising, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with the introduction of its first crossing of the Northeast Passage – a remote and spectacular cruising route above the Arctic Circle.
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Adventure Canada’s Northwest Passage
There’s still space available aboard our two flagship expeditions, Into the Northwest Passage and Out of the Northwest Passage 2018. These once-in-a-lifetime adventures chart the courses made famous by history’s great explorers–Rae, Amundsen, and Franklin.
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The Polar Tourism Guides Association (PTGA) has broken onto the scene in the expedition cruise market, helping to provide qualification criteria for operators to assess their expedition teams and even providing assessors and train-the-trainer programs. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
Tags: Antarctica, Arctic
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An international coalition of environmental groups has joined together to call on Carnival Corporation to stop using heavy fuel oil on ships traveling in Arctic and sub-Arctic waters, Transport and Environment (T&E) said. (worldmaritimenews.com)
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One Ocean Expeditions (OOE) is delighted to announce that passengers who travel on its expedition cruise to the icy landscapes of Greenland and Baffin Island, departing on 5th September, will be joined by Nicholas Jones, the newly-appointed Friends of the Scott Polar Research Institute’s (SPRI) Arctic Artist in Residence.
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Aurora Expeditions has announced the farewell season for its beloved expedition vessel the Polar Pioneer – which is set to make its final voyage in the 2018/19 Antarctic and the 2019 Arctic season.
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Tauck has announced details of its new-for-2019 “Arctic Allure: Spitsbergen and the Midnight Sun” small ship cruise itinerary, as well as plans to host BBC Earth filmmakers next year on select sailings of four different expeditionary cruises.
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The Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators (AECO) has hired an environmental agent who will be to lead AECO’s efforts drastically cut back on single-use plastics on Arctic expedition cruise vessels, as well as enhance cruise passengers’ involvement in regular beach cleanups.
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Cedar Swan, CEO, Adventure Canada: “We are proud to present our new expeditions brochure, outlining the next two seasons of exciting voyages with Adventure Canada. We’re running a special 10% Early Bird Savings incentive to help you get started–visit our website for more details about this promotion, and others.
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Over the past year, expedition cruise operator, One Ocean Expeditions (OOE), has expanded its fleet, housing three vessels exclusively under its banner, to become one of the world’s leading small-ship cruise operators.
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Eleven women representing both Middle East and European countries began an historic trek earlier this week to the North Pole.
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With the UK taking the lead position for Expedition tour bookings in 2017, G Adventures has released an early booking incentive for 2019 polar tours. Targetting travellers looking to visit the polar realms, the early booking option offers savings up to 15% on departures when booked before 7th May 2018.
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Last week, around 80 people from Russian and Norwegian emergency agencies held a tabletop exercise examining how to respond to an Arctic cruise ship emergency. The meeting, held in Kirkenes, Norway, considered the situation of a fire occurring on a 1,000-passenger ship sailing between Tromsø and Murmansk. (maritime-executive.com)
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