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Antarctica on Russian Research Vessel Akademik Sergey Vavilov By Judi Cohen. You’ve probably seen a ton of documentaries about Antarctica on the Discovery Channel and loads of National Geographic photos of penguins, vast untouched vistas, huge icebergs, and rugged...
Victory's No Single Supplement Cruises Victory Cruise Lines is offering a pair of no single supplement cruises during prime autumn leaf-peeping season aboard the 202-passenger VICTORY I. Founded two years ago with the VICTORY I and now the about-to-launch new VICTORY...
By Anne Kalosh. Reservations have opened for The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, a new brand that puts the first of three planned all-suite ships into service in early 2020. Sales recently opened to the general public following several weeks of priority access...
By Elysa Matsen Leonard. Island Windjammers' Caribbean Sailing Adventure If you want to know what an Island Windjammers Caribbean Sailing Adventure is all about, think adult summer camp, contagious laughter and completely checking out for a week. I entered the special...
Steamboat American Queen. 🎧 Listen to Ted’s audio tour of the American Queen: Ted had a chat with Bill Forsstrom, a retired banker, who has found his ship and tells QC all about his cruises aboard American Queen Steamboat Company's fleet. Ted: Bill, you...
Quark Expeditions Building New Ship By Anne Kalosh. Quark Expeditions, one of the leading companies for polar adventures, has ordered a 200-passenger, ice-class new build. With this, Quark joins the growing list of operators that are constructing small expedition...
Vietnam Red River Cruise with Pandaw By Heidi Sarna. I recently returned from a wonderfully quirky 10-night Vietnam Red River cruise aboard Pandaw Cruises' 32-passenger Angkor Pandaw, sailing some 650 kilometers from Halong Bay westerly towards Hanoi and beyond. My...
By Anne Kalosh. Seabourn Orders Two New Expedition Ships Seabourn became the latest line to order new ships for luxurious expedition cruising. The pair of 23,000-gross-ton vessels will each carry up to 264 passengers in 132 veranda suites. The first ship is due in...
Elise & Tim Behind the Scenes at Sea (Part 6) Ever wonder what it would be like to work on cruise ships? Small cruise ships? For 15 years? Elise & Tim Lentz have worked on ships big and small as cruise directors, shore excursion managers, tour directors and...
By Ted Scull. George Freeman Coughlin has been sailing as a small ship cruise captain for many years, working for Coastwise Cruise Line, Exploration Cruise Lines, Clipper Cruise Line, Cruise West, St. Lawrence Cruise Lines, Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic,...
Island Windjammers Caribbean Adventure By Elysa Matsen Leonard. If you want to know what an Island Windjammers Caribbean adventure cruise is all about, think adult summer camp, contagious laughter and completely checking out for a week. I entered the special Island...
Trinity Sailing Update (2019) Part of Brixham’s heritage fleet is to be sold after The Trinity Sailing Foundation, a charity which has taken thousands of disadvantaged people to sea for 20 years, announced it has to cease current operations and redefine its mission....
Heidi & Ted, along with their team of expert travel writers, have reviewed and traveled their way around the world, seeking out the very best in small-ship cruising. We have organized our reviews in six small buckets — river & canal, sailing, micro, coastal, oceangoing and expedition small-ship cruises.
If you can imagine it, we’ve cruised it! With reviews, articles and destination overviews, we’ve got you covered.
