Lindblad Expeditions did not enter the expedition cruise market. It created it. On January 23, 1966, Lars-Eric Lindblad led the first tourist expedition to Antarctica, chartering an Argentine naval supply ship to carry 57 passengers to the Antarctic Peninsula from Ushuaia...

Swan Hellenic invented cultural expedition cruising. Not approximately, not arguably: in 1954, the company’s co-founder Henry Swan was approached by the Hellenic Society at London University to organise a scholarly tour of ancient Greece, and he chartered a ship...

Atlas Ocean Voyages launched its first ship in 2021 and has positioned itself in the gap between adventure-focused expedition operators and ultra-luxury lines: a “luxe-adventure” product that combines genuine polar expedition capability with an all-inclusive fare...

LE PONANT is the only luxury cruise line in the world that sails exclusively under the French flag, crewed by French officers and shaped by the philosophy that refined French hospitality and genuine exploration are not opposites but complements.