Expedition cruising has never been more popular, but not everyone wants a pre-dawn wake-up call and a hike across the ice.

I was lucky enough to join a voyage aboard Ponant’s Le Commandant Charcot, the headline-grabbing icebreaking cruise ship. When it first set sail in 2021, it made history as the world’s first Polar ...

Few regions boast Scandinavia and the Baltic’s phenomenal concentration of formidable cities and awe-inspiring landscapes. A ...