Signature Media’s masthead magazine title, Signature Luxury Travel & Style (SLTS), has revealed the finalists and winners of its annual ‘Best of’ Cruise Awards, making their return in 2022 after the COVID-induced global cruise pause.

Quark Expeditions has commenced its 2022/23 Antarctic season with the 11-day Antarctic Explorer: Discovering the 7th Continent voyage departing on 1 November. Guests on this polar adventure sailed from Ushuaia, Argentina, on Quark Expeditions’ game-changing new ship, Ultramarine.

Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) Australasia will put Expedition Cruising in the spotlight next month during its latest online education event for travel advisors.

Quark Expeditions has introduced what it refers to as “the most flexible and consumer-friendly booking policy in the expedition industry”, The Quark Protection Promise.

Quark Expeditions has expanded its overnight camping opportunities for guests in Greenland as part of this season’s portfolio of immersive experiences.

Quark Expeditions has reported the successful inaugural voyage of Ultramarine in the Canadian Arctic. Departing last Monday [1 August 2022], Ultramarine embarked on the 17-day Northwest Passage: In the Footsteps of Franklin voyage – one of the operator’s five expeditions that explore the Canadian High Arctic this season.

A new photography-themed voyage in Spitsbergen has been released by Quark Expeditions for the Arctic 2023 sailing season, aboard the 128-passenger Ocean Adventurer.

Quark Expeditions will make a much-awaited return to the rarely-visited emperor penguin colony at Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea of Antarctica. The 14-day Emperor Penguin Quest: Expedition to Snow Hill will operate two departures in November 2023.

Quark Expeditions has commenced its Arctic 2022 season with a 7-day Spitsbergen Highlights: Expedition in Brief voyage kicking off the program on 3 May 2022. The departure also marked the inaugural Arctic voyage of Ultramarine, Quark Expeditions’ game-changing new ship.

Quark Expeditions has unveiled a robust Antarctic 2023/24 season with nine itineraries designed to empower travellers to tap into their inner explorer on the adventure specialist’s immersive polar voyages.

Polar travel specialists, Chimu Adventures, has introduced a new suite of luxury Antarctica travel experiences for Australian travellers.

Quark Expeditions has introduced “Tundra to Table,” the expedition industry’s first exclusive Inuit culinary experience available on select Arctic 2022 and 2023 voyages.