Coral Expeditions, based in Cairns, Queensland, joined the UK’s Expedition Cruise Network.

In a lease-purchase deal Positive Polar is acquiring Sunstone Ships’ Ocean Atlantic, which will be used to fertilise the ocean to enhance whale numbers while cruising.

Isabel Galvan, a luxury cruise veteran most recently with Oceania Cruises, joined Atlas Ocean Voyages as VP business development.

Aurora Expeditions’ third purpose-built ship will be named Douglas Mawson after the pioneering Australian geologist and explorer Sir Douglas Mawson.

Pioneering Heritage Expeditions, founded by the Russ family in Christchurch in 1984, celebrated 40 years of exploring the country’s wildest and most remote destinations with the launch of its 2025 Kiwi cruise season.

Three Seatrade Cruise Global panels will delve into expedition cruising — 'Expedition CEO Panel,' 'The Polar Watch' and 'Warm Water Expeditions and Uncharted Destinations.'

Swan Hellenic's SH Vega arrived Monday at Cape Town from Ushuaia, capping what the line called a 'very successful' Antarctica season, and Swan teased its 2025/26 Antarctica plans.