Polar

The Polar Plunge – leaping off a ship into the freezing waters below – has become an Antarctic rite of passage. This is what it looks like.

What you’ll see, what you’ll eat, who you’ll meet, and what it’s *really* like crossing the Drake Passage.

If you’re after a way to break up all that sightseeing, there are a number of ways to stay entertained onboard an Antarctic ship.

Want to become a citizen scientist in the coldest, highest, driest and windiest place on Earth? Here’s how you do it.

Don’t make the mistake of thinking Longyearbyen is simply a launchpoint for your Arctic cruise; there’s so much to see and do in this old mining town.

At home in Brixton, I am not a morning person in the slightest. So it came as a surprise that I was happily settling into life at sea, and the …