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Extraordinary cruise holidays you can book with confidence
The route out of lockdown has been revealed, and now we can take pleasure from planning trip-of-a-lifetime holidays
The beautiful Mekong river opens up destinations in Southeast Asia
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Here we are, grounded in a prolonged and unfamiliar time-warpish travel ban, and yet there are holidays – extraordinary, adventurous, sigh-inducing “trip-of-a-lifetime” holidays, coming out of the woodwork. We can at least find pleasure in planning.
Expedition cruises lead the way when it comes to seeking out the remote corners of the planet. The simmering pools and steaming fumaroles of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky in far eastern Russia. how does one get there? By ship, of course. Struggling to choose between the Arctic or Antarctica? See both on a big-ticket trip.
Giving evidence on the Arctic
This week, Fitzwilliam Fellow, Dr Richard Powell, has been giving evidence to the House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Select Committee Inquiry into Environmental Diplomacy.
Dr Powell is currently a Reader in Arctic Studies, and the Principal Investigator in a five-year Arctic Cultures project, undertaken at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge.
Select Committees work in both UK Houses of Parliament and those in the Commons are primarily concerned with examining the work of government departments. There is a Commons Committee for each government department, and they focus their enquiries upon three key areas: spending, policies and administration. Dr Powell’s evidence was submitted to the House of Commons’ Foreign Affairs Select Committee, as part of their inquiry into Environmental Diplomacy. As described on the Committee’s website, the inquiry will examine ‘how the FCO conducts environmental di
Viking Marks Float Out Of First Expedition Ship
Set to Debut in January 2022, Viking Octantis Meets Water for First Time
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– was floated out, marking a major construction milestone and the first time that the new ship touches water. Scheduled to debut in early 2022,
Viking Octantis will spend her maiden season sailing voyages to Antarctica and North America s Great Lakes. A second, identical expedition ship,
Viking Polaris®, is set to debut in summer 2022 and will sail journeys to Antarctica and the Arctic. Viking has also developed a series of short videos about the new expedition voyages, ship design and prestigious scientific partnerships, which can be found on its website here.
Sledge and sledge flag from Shackleton s British Antarctic Expedition acquired for the nation
Sledge Flag from Shackleton s British Antarctic Expedition. Photo: Bonhams.
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.- The National Maritime Museum and the Scott Polar Research Institute have acquired the sledge and sledging flag that Dr Eric Marshall (1879-1963) used on the British Antarctic Expedition (BAE) of 1907-1909 one of the most important expeditions in British polar history.
NHMF safeguards nationally important heritage at risk of loss, establishing a UK wide collection of outstanding heritage over the past 40 years. The sledge and sledging flag are the two most recent treasures supported by the Fund, with a grant of £204,700, to mark its 40th anniversary, and symbolise the remarkable achievements of these explorers. They join significant items from other polar explorations that have been saved for the nation including: