Holland America Line Reveals 2025 Canada And New England Voyages
Holland America Line’s 2025 Canada and New England Season showcases longer voyages, maiden ports, and a 25-day “Legendary Voyage” to Greenland and Iceland! “With Zuiderdam beginning in May, we will slightly increase our capacity in the region from previous years and add
PONANT Celebrates 35TH Anniversary With Sailings In 35 Destinations
PONANT is celebrating its 35th anniversary with 10 percent savings on 200 sailings across 35 destinations! Explorers can discover the fjords of Greenland, the icebergs in Baffin Bay, the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and various other destinations. Guests can utilize the savings on bookings mad
Seabourn Venture Begins Second Arctic Expedition Season
Seabourn Venture, Seabourn’s first purpose-built expedition ship, made her maiden arrival in Greenwich, London on May 12, 2023. The ship will complete two voyages to the British Isles and Ireland and then sail a series of voyages to Greenland and Iceland. “Seabourn Venture is a beautiful s
Explora Journeys Names Mike Horn As Brand Ambassador
Today, Explora Journeys named adventurer, explorer, and environmentalist, Mike Horn as its brand ambassador! With years of traveling the world’s most remote environments, such as crossing the Artic, Antarctic, and Amazon, Horn is the perfect individual to represent Explora Journeys. “W
New Hurtigruten Ship MS Otto Sverdrup Embarks on Maiden Voyage
Popular adventure cruise line Hurtigruten Expeditions reached a new milestone today as their third battery-hybrid powered cruise ship, MS Otto Sverdrup, embarked on its maiden voyage from Hamburg, Germany. The voyage marks the cruise line’s first year-round expedition cruises from Germany, wit
The True Colors of Greenland
The chartered plane had left Copenhagen in the twilight of a Baltic summer night, but four hours and four time zones later, the brilliance of Greenland’s endless daylight blazed through the plane’s window. The terrain was a blinding white. Ice and snow blanketed the surface as far as the eye cou
Steve Abroad: Recapping a WILD 2018
As a feature writer for Porthole Cruise Magazine, I spent a great deal of 2018 at sea. While mainstream cruising is covered in great detail by writers from all backgrounds, it’s been my mission to seek out off-the-radar cruise itineraries that go virtually unnoticed. Here’s a synopsi
News Briefs – Cousteau in the Amazon and more….
Porthole Cruise News Briefs – Feb. 2, 2018 Luxury river operator Aqua Expeditions has announced a series of theme cruises on the Amazon and Mekong rivers for 2018, including 3-, 4-, and 7-night departures hosted by conservationist and filmmaker Jean-Michel Cousteau (February 9 to 16 and October 5-
