Expedition and Adventure Cruising
from the exciting world of small ship, adventure and expedition cruisng
- The enormous chunk of tuna flesh bobbed on the end of the line supported by a small foam ball. Matt ladled great gobs of minced gills and guts onto the surface creating a lumpy, letterbox red slick ju …
- He stares down on me as if from the heavens, mute and limbless, his power over the elements is total. The Wandjina are the spirit gods of the Kimberley who control the weather and their images abound …
- The Solomon Islands are a mystery to most Pacific Island vacationers. Adventure cruiser, Roderick Eime, reckons all it takes is a little bit of curiosity and a sense of history to be bewitched by this …
- “The islanders gathered around the newcomers, gazing curiously at their pale and pocked skin, examining their unusual garments and incomprehensible footwear. The strangers carried long metal objects, …
- Over there on the iceberg: about 100 metres,” calls Judd Hill, our sea guide, in a loud whisper. “Where?!” I respond with less restraint and more volume. “There: he’s looking at us now,” Hill replies …
- WE’RE crowded on the bridge, at least 20 of us, peering out to the horizon with powerful binoculars and telephoto lenses. Surely we’ll see something soon. Polar bears, whales, countless seabirds and …
- THE raging torrent of water surges over my head, hurling me down the slimy chute at a ferocious pace. I splutter, gag and spit as my feet shoot up over my head, nearly spinning me around.
- “You’ll never look at another reef the same way again,” says Lindblad Expeditions – National Geographic divemaster, Justin Hofman, heaving his dripping gear into the Zodiac.
- THEIR feet and legs bleeding from gaping wounds, they hauled the boats across the jagged rocks and through muddy, leech-infested swamps. Their shoes long worn out and discarded, the men continued on …
