Cruise to the North Pole!

Quark Expeditions, world leader in polar adventure travel, has chartered the nuclear-powered icebreaker 50 Years of Victory for expeditions to the North Pole in 2008.

Twenty years in the making, Victory, the largest Arktika-class vessel ever built, has a spoon-shaped bow, and an all-new automated digital control system. A stainless steel ice belt 18 feet wide [...]

Three Queen liners to meet in Southampton

Tuesday 22 April 2008 promises to be one to remember for British maritime enthusiasts, when Cunard’s three Queens meet for the first and only time in Southampton.
The three liners met in New York for the first ever time earlier this year, and the QE2 and QM2 have met in Sydney since [...]

Van Gogh Cruises cancels 14 of its cruises !

A Tour company which took over troubled Travelscope’s holidays has pulled the plug on its summer cruises leaving hundreds of passengers disappointed.Cheltenham-based Van Gogh Cruises was set up in January following the collapse of Travelscope.
Now the company has cancelled 14 of its cruises onboard the Van Gogh and will not resume operations again until [...]