Travel advisors should be cautious using inexperienced expedition cruise operators piloting programs to polar regions, the CEO of Hurtigruten, Daniel Skjeldam believes. In Australia last week, Skjeldam raised concerns about the rapid rise of travel companies that are entering the Arctic and Antarctic cruise market with little, if any, past experience.

Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours has released three new Scenic Eclipse destination brochures, showcasing the ocean explorations in Europe and The Americas, Antarctica and the Arctic Fjords and Baltic regions, along with land-cruise combinations.

Matthew James Swan shares his passion for the wilderness with travellers from around the globe on expeditions to some of the world’s most geographically and culturally remote destinations.