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Bolster Investment Partners acquires a minority stake in Oceanwide Expeditions
Amsterdam/ Vlissingen, 17 December 2020, Bolster Investment Partners acquires a minority stake of 25% in Oceanwide Expeditions, specialist and market leader in expedition cruises to Antarctica and the Arctic. Bolster will support Oceanwide Expeditions in realizing its growth ambitions.
Contribute to science with your leopard seal pictures
Leopard seals are often described as looking reptilian, since their eyes are on either side of their large heads.
Tristan da Cunha’s New No-Take Marine Protection Zone
The islands of Tristan da Cunha are located over 2,700 km (1,600 miles) from South Africa and 3,700 km (2,300 miles) from South America. The main island is the most remote inhabited landmass on Earth. Populations of elephant seal and fur seal, still recovering from 19th-century hunting, live and breed offshore, in addition to humpback whales, Shepherd’s beaked whales, southern right whales, long-finned pilot whales, sperm whales, and species of dolphin.
The Arctic Theater: Interview with Hans Beelen
When it comes to Arctic marine history, Hans Beelen has done his research. He has published books on the East India Company of the Netherlands as well as historic Dutch trading, and most recently has also written a study on the whaling industry of Greenland and Spitsbergen.
Matthew Henson: First to the Top of the World?
Though for years American Navy engineer Robert Peary claimed the credit for being first to the North Pole, studies assert that it was actually his associate, Matthew Henson, who got there ahead of him.
Travel Ban Tales: How Polar Addicts Stay Busy During a Pandemic
Our guides, crews, and captains are patient people. They’re used to rolling with the punches, adapting to extraordinary conditions, and shifting gears in response to the limitless lottery of unanticipated events the Arctic and Antarctica produce.
Help Us Win with Your Vote
After winning last year's award, we could not be more pleased to be nominated for the thirteenth time
The Mesdag Phenomenon: Interview with a Polar Camp Guide
Polar expedition guides come in many form. Some are temporary seasonal workers who enjoy the freedom of the job in their youth but eventually leave for more stable work, and others are hardcore outdoors addicts who stick with the profession well beyond their 40s and end up amassing skills and experiences easy to envy but harder to equal.
A Plancius Family Visit
It was with great pride, then, that we recently welcomed descendants of Petrus Plancius to visit our headquarters in Vlissingen, Netherlands, where they were able to get a firsthand look at the vessel named after their legendary ancestor.
Third Time’s a Charm: The Last Voyage of Willem Barentsz
A Dutch cartographer and navigator, Barentsz lived from about 1550 to 1597 in the region that eventually became the Netherlands.
What to Pack for Your Expedition Cruise to the Arctic or Antarctica
It’s easy to get confused about what to pack for a polar cruise. Some gear is provided by the expedition company and some is not, and it’s not always clear which is which.
Rebuilding the Historic Vessel of Willem Barentsz
During lockdown, many of our expedition guides are making use of the extra time by preparing new lectures for the Arctic and Antarctic travel seasons to come.
Polar Travel Tips from Field Operations Manager Adam Turner
Adam Turner has many years of experience as an expedition leader. Here are his words of wisdom on what to do and not do during your Arctic or Antarctic adventure.
Polar Travel Tips from Expedition Leader Ali Liddle
Ali Liddle - one of our expedition leaders - adds her own pearls of polar wisdom to our growing blogs of expedition travel tips.
Polar Travel Tips from Our Office Staff
While our guides and expedition leaders certainly have the most in-field experience when it comes to polar travel, many of our office staff has also experienced enough of the Arctic and Antarctica to impart some highly useful polar cruise tips.
Oceanwide Expeditions enhances safety protocols in response to Covid-19
Oceanwide Expeditions is innovating a series of new safety protocols to assure the health and wellbeing of its guests continue to take top priority during voyages.
Oceanwide Removes Local Waste in Memory of Sarah Auffret
Oceanwide Expeditions joined numerous people around the world in the AECO-organized waste removal effort known as Cleanup for Sarah on June 16, her birthday
Oceanwide Expeditions donates excess supplies to local food bank
Dutch polar travel operator Oceanwide Expeditions has donated the excess food stocked aboard its ships to Food Bank De Bevelanden in the Netherlands.
Eight Antarctic Misconceptions
Some are funny, some unfortunate, some are so far from the truth it’s hard to see how anyone believed them.
Out of Antarctica, into the Outbreak
On the morning of March 18, Oceanwide vessels Plancius and Ortelius were returning north across the Drake Passage, bound for Ushuaia after Antarctic expedition cruises.
Svalbard or Spitsbergen: What’s the Difference?
Outside the world of geopolitics or even polar travel, it’s probably not common knowledge that Svalbard and Spitsbergen are one in the same.
