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Everlasting days with festivals to celebrate the sunlight to be undisturbed by the dark can be found if you head way up north. Here are some of the best spots to bask in the midnight sun for a mont...
  It was dark. I mean really, really dark, like being deep in a forest on a cloudy, moonless night. I am quite used to poor visibility while diving, but this was different. The glacier around the c...
After his ship Endurance became trapped in Antarctic ice and sank, Sir Ernest Shackleton sailed from the continent to South Georgia in a lifeboat and then crossed the island on foot to reach a whal...
In years past, only a handful of people had the means and the ability to enjoy genuine expedition cruises. Indeed, for several years the cruise line industry revolved almost solely around the conce...
Thankfully the incredible wilderness and natural environment that is Antarctica is protected by international law and the work of a number of organizations. Much research is done to fund wildlife p...
We’ve all seen that grainy black and white footage of the great Antarctic expeditions - men in seemingly inadequate gear on ill-looking transport, compared to today’s standards at least, making inc...
If you’ve seen March of the penguins you will have developed a regard for the tall, black suited Emperor Penguins of Antarctica. You might also know their story, or rather their love story, as desc...
It’s hard to imagine a place more hostile to life than Antarctica. Temperatures are always below zero, the land is buried beneath at least a mile of ice and terrible storms scour the landscape cons...
It’s still winter, so it might seem odd to think about heading “into the ice” next winter. But Antarctica, from November through February, is actually the perfect summer vacation: austral, or south...
I have always been intrigued by travel to the polar regions of the world and if you can't get to the white continent yourself, there are books, sites, videos and photos to tide you over for the tim...