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How to choose between the Arctic and Antarctic for your Polar Voyage

How to choose between the Arctic and Antarctic for your first Polar Voyage. Do you want to see polar bears or penguins? Learn the highlights of each Polar Region.

Escape the Crowds in the Arctic: Remote Spitsbergen

An Arctic voyage is the ideal way to escape the crowds. Arctic destinations such as Spitsbergen offer a break from hordes of tourists, a place where few travelers venture forth.

10 Best Books about Early Polar Explorers

Get Polar history presenter and Expedition Guide David Burton's Top Ten books about Polar Explorers

Adapt or Die!

Discover how penguins, whales and seals have adapted in order to survive in the cold and windy Antarctic.

Exploring the remote Russian archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya

Quark Expeditions undertook an exploratory journey to the remote Russian archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya, the last territorial discovery on the planet.

Exploring the remote Russian archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya: Part 2 of 3

Quark Expeditions undertook an exploratory journey to the remote Russian archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya, the last territorial discovery on the planet.

Exploring the remote Russian archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya: Part 3 of 3

Quark Expeditions undertook an exploratory journey to the remote Russian archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya, the last territorial discovery on the planet.

Mountain-biking in South Greenland

Hopping on a mountain bike in South Greenland is an exciting way to get closer to nature—and closer to the local people.

Voyage to South Greenland

A 70-km fjord, epic wildlife, the Greenland Ice Sheet, helicopter-supported adventure and culturally-rich communities await visitors to South Greenland.

How to Shoot Your Best Video on a Polar Voyage

Award-winning videographer Hugo Perrin and Quark Expeditions Video Content Specialist Dani Plumb present an online guide on how to create unscripted polar videos.

Our 5 Prettiest Arctic Flowers

From beautiful bearberry to purple saxifrage. We showcase our 5 favorite Arctic plants!

Five Books About Women in Antarctica

Inspirational reading for polar travelers

Antarctic curiosity: How do penguins get their names

Penguins get their names in a variety of ways. Learn how Macaroni, Adélie, Chinstrap, Emperor and Magellanic penguins earned their names.

Modern-day polar adventurers draw inspiration from generations of Antarctic explorers

Generations of polar adventurers have relied on the expertise and achievements of earlier explorers. Likewise, Quark Expeditions today draws on three decades of polar exploration to guide them.

A message from Andrew White, President of Quark Expeditions

We’ve introduced a Book With Confidence policy so we can offer you flexible rebooking and risk-free cancelation options.

Chasing Shackleton: Chasing Polar Dreams

In 2013, explorer Tim Jarvis and crew recreated Shackleton’s 1916 journey from Elephant Island to South Georgia. A modern day epic!

Living the Polar Promise: Embracing Sustainable Travel

At Quark Expeditions, sustainability is more than a goodwill gesture. Our Polar Promise is a holistic strategy of concrete, measurable practices that we embrace on every polar voyage we take.

5 Things You Didn't Know About Polar Bears

Guest post by Thea Bechshoft, staff scientist at Polar Bears International

Why I Love Traveling to the Falkland Islands as a Landscape and Wildlife Photographer