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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
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 p
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
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 Net
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 A
Oceanwide Five-Time World Travel Award Winner
Oceanwide Expeditions was named the 2019 World’s Leading Polar Expedition Operator at the World Travel Awards gala held on November 28 in th
Our Third Consecutive Landing at Snow Hill Island
For the third time in as many years, Oceanwide Expeditions has achieved helicopter landings at Snow Hill Island, hiking our passengers to th
Publieksdag Expedities Spitsbergen 2015/2020 - Poolshoogte nemen!
Een nieuwe grote Nederlandse wetenschappelijke expeditie naar Spitsbergen staat weer in de steigers. Na het grote succes van SEES 2015 zulle
WE CAN DO IT, WITH YOUR VOTES!
To our delight, Oceanwide Expeditions has been nominated as World’s Leading Polar Expedition Operator at the 2019 World Travel Awards.
Oceanwide Expeditions cleanup removes 1,000 kg of plastic from Svalbard
Thirteen Oceanwide guides and 50 passengers removed roughly 1,000 kg (2,200 pounds) of plastic from the beaches of Svalbard last week, about
Oceanwide Expeditions’ “Wild, Wild South” video an Adventure in Motion finalist
Oceanwide’s short video, “Wild, Wild South: Falklands, South Georgia, Antarctica,” has been selected as a finalist in the sixth annual Adven
Oceanwide guides dedicate beach cleanup to Sarah Auffret
Last week guides and passengers of an Oceanwide Expeditions voyage to the Arctic cleaned plastic off a Svalbard beach in memory of Sarah Auf
Our New m/v Hondius Makes Its Maiden Arctic Voyage
Today we celebrate the maiden Arctic voyage of our new ship, m/v Hondius. After more than two years from conception to construction, this ne
IAATO Votes New Whale Protection Measures Into Effect
On May 3 the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators (IAATO) voted measures into effect that will reduce the incidence of tou
Oceanwide Expeditions Donates €620 to Charity Based on Passenger Reviews
Thanks to our passengers, we’re donating €620 to four separate charities: Plastic Oceans International, World Wide Fund for Nature, BirdLife
Oceanwide Expeditions covers the polar corner at ITB Berlin
Last week Oceanwide staff attended ITB Berlin, the world’s largest travel trade show, meeting old friends and new in a weeklong spree of tou
OEX Launches 25th Birthday Free Cruise Contest
On January 16, Oceanwide Expedition kicked off its first quarter century with an exciting new free polar cruise contest.
Experience the Arctic Polar Night
As of late November, the polar night began darkening the skies of Northern Norway. Right now there is no sunrise in Tromsø.
Emperors Everywhere: Letter from Snow Hill Island, Antarctica
Yesterday marks two years in a row that we’ve been able to take our guests to the spectacular but seldom-visited Snow Hill Island emperor pe
The First Float of m/v Hondius
On the morning of Saturday, June 9, a newly constructed polar expedition cruise vessel slid down the timber-and-steel slipway of a sprawling
Bring out the Bowheads: Our Largest Whale Count in Years
Researchers aboard Oceanwide Expeditions vessel m/v Plancius spotted between 104—114 bowhead whales during a June 1st cruise along the east
A New Flag for a Veteran Vessel, Ortelius
Vlissingen, located in the south western part of the Netherlands, has been Oceanwide Expeditions “Homeport” since the company was establish
