Once the preserve of hardy travellers aboard converted ex-Soviet research vessels, expedition cruising has become one of tourism’s most sophisticated sectors. Its challenge is to retain the spontaneity, intimacy and environmental purpose that made it distinctive. When pioneer Lars-Eric Lindblad proposed taking paying passengers to Antarctica in the 1960s, he spoke of travelling to “a place that isn’t even on the map”. These were voyages in which…
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