Science & EnvironmentOct 18, 2026
Antarctic Program names leaders, opens 2027/28 hiring
Australia named its next station leaders and opened 2027/28 Antarctic recruitment. CCAMLR detailed Chile's first CIMAR cruise in the Bransfield Strait.
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OperatorsOct 18, 2026
Accessible Expedition Cruising: What Travel Weekly Found
Travel Weekly examines expedition cruise options for clients with disabilities, using an HX Antarctica voyage and a passenger with mobility challenges.
OperatorsOct 17, 2026
Atlas, Silversea and Aurora post new Antarctic planning guides
Atlas Ocean Voyages maps the penguin breeding season, Silversea explains fly-cruise essentials, and Aurora posts on responsible ship design.
OperatorsOct 16, 2026
Swan Hellenic confirms six SETI cruises for 2027
Swan Hellenic will run six SETI Institute cruises in 2027, and Mystic Cruises has pulled World Voyager into drydock in Portugal before Antarctic service.
Science & EnvironmentOct 16, 2026
Francis Halzen wins 2026 Nobel Prize for IceCube neutrinos
Francis Halzen won the 2026 Nobel Prize in physics for IceCube, the NSF South Pole observatory that found high-energy neutrinos from deep space.
Policy & AccessOct 15, 2026
CCAMLR opens in Hobart with Peninsula MPA and krill on agenda
CCAMLR's Hobart meeting opened with the Peninsula MPA and krill management as priorities, while Scenic Eclipse II showed its rough-sea credentials.
OperatorsOct 15, 2026
Ponant Sets 2028-29 Antarctic Season With 12 Itineraries
Ponant Explorations schedules 12 Antarctic itineraries for 2028-29, including a 59-night voyage plus Smithsonian Journeys and The Explorers Club sailings.
OperatorsOct 14, 2026
Ponant Opens 2028-29 Antarctic Season With 12 Itineraries
Ponant Explorations opened its 2028-29 Antarctic season with 12 itineraries, nearly 30 departures and two partner voyages.
OperatorsOct 14, 2026
Record July revenue and average guest age of 43 at Swan Hellenic
Swan Hellenic's July 2026 revenue rose 170% and its average guest is 43, as younger and multigenerational travellers widen the expedition market.
OperatorsOct 13, 2026
Antarctica cruises sell out before the season opens
Small ships, limited activity slots, and routes that sell out before the season opens: Oceanwide explains why early booking is the only reliable strategy.
Policy & AccessOct 13, 2026
ATCM 48 Closes Without Emperor Penguin Protection
The 48th Antarctic Treaty meeting closed in Hiroshima with emperor penguins still unprotected and tourism rules still voluntary, ASOC warns.
OperatorsOct 12, 2026
Atlas doubles Drake fly-cruise departures; HX warns on finances
Atlas Ocean Voyages doubled its Drake fly-cruise departures for 2028/29, HX warned on finances, and Antarctic Treaty talks closed in Hiroshima.
Science & EnvironmentOct 12, 2026
Antarctic Sea Ice Hits Third-Lowest Maximum on Record
Antarctic sea ice likely reached its 2026 maximum on September 14 at 17.59 million square kilometers, the third-lowest maximum in the satellite record.
Science & EnvironmentOct 11, 2026
Francis Halzen wins physics Nobel for South Pole neutrinos
The 2026 physics Nobel went to IceCube's Francis Halzen, a hidden ocean was found under the Ross Ice Shelf, and Antarctica kept a top-five Virtuoso slot.
Science & EnvironmentOct 10, 2026
World's largest penguin colony down two-thirds since 2011
Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island are down two-thirds, IAATO has answered a critical study, and Secret Atlas launched explorer yacht Aureum.
Policy & AccessOct 10, 2026
IAATO responds to study of 25 guides who quit over moral conflict
IAATO calls a study of 25 former Antarctic guides who quit a valuable perspective, while noting it does not represent all 6,605 guides.
Science & EnvironmentOct 4, 2026
Antarctic winter sea ice hits third-lowest on record
Winter sea ice peaked a million square kilometres below average, krill fishing closed early again, and a hybrid-electric ship nears its Antarctic debut.
Science & EnvironmentOct 1, 2026
Australia plans four major Antarctic research campaigns
Australia's Antarctic Division named four research campaigns through 2029/30, covering ice, sea ice, krill and ecosystems. RSV Nuyina is central.
Science & EnvironmentSep 30, 2026
Most Antarctic soil bacteria are unique to the continent
A PNAS study of Antarctic soil bacteria finds around 90 per cent of the strains examined are endemic, challenging the idea that microbes spread everywhere.
OperatorsSep 27, 2026
Scenic and Emerald open weekend flash offer on Antarctic voyages
Scenic and Emerald opened a weekend flash offer covering Antarctic voyages, while an uncrewed saildrone began a 22,000km circumpolar science mission.
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