Remote locations, Sir David Attenborough-style wildlife encounters and helicopter rides. Welcome to the world of expedition cruising, where high-seas adventure is guaranteed. Here’s our pick of the best trips on the horizon that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up. Norway’s Hurtigruten has a 26-day itinerary sailing through the Northwest … Read more
A woman living near the North Pole shared the great lengths she must go to just to walk her dog in the middle of the afternoon. Swedish native Cecilia Blomdahl lives in Svalbard, a Norwegian archipelago just south of the North Pole that is one of the northernmost inhabited areas in the world — which is so far … Read more
A Chinese submersible carrying three men has touched down on the bottom of the Mariana Trench – the deepest part of the ocean – after diving 10,909 metres (35,790 feet), according to Chinese state media. The Fendouzhe, or Striver, broke the country’s record for the deepest crewed dive yesterday after spending nearly four hours descending … Read more
A new collection of artifacts have been pulled from the wreckage of the HMS Erebus, an English ship that became trapped by sea ice in the Canadian Arctic in 1846, leaving its 128-person crew to die under still mysterious circumstances. The artifacts were retrieved by a team of divers from Parks Canada’s underwater archaeology team, … Read more