Beechey Island is in fact only an island when the tide is high and it becomes separated from Devon island…
Category: Road & Rail
Welcome to our Road & Rail section of TheHoworths.com. Frequently updated, it seeks to bring to you the most informative and interesting stories from the roads and rails around the world. This is where you will find reports written by us as we travel and investigate top campsites, great hotels and fabulous restaurants. To share your news and views with our growing readership, send it to us by email, include low resolution imagery and any quotations. We will then give it our consideration.
Arrival in Canada
Grise Fjord is a peaceful hamlet 715 miles (1,150 kilometres) above the Arctic Circle. It is here we enter Canada…
Life On Board Ocean Endeavour
One of the more important things that differentiates the voyages run by Adventure Canada and the cruise ships that carry…
The Polar Dip
No one ever claimed that you have to be clever to cruise the Arctic and the Polar Dip proves there…
Wildlife in the Polar Regions
Summertime visitors to the Arctic are often struck by the surprising abundance of birds and animals they find there. The…
Icebergs
The Greenland ice sheet is made up of 1.8 million square kilometres of ice. It is calculated that if it…
Greenland (our journey north)
We landed in Greenland’s only international airport Kangerlussuaq. The town, whose name means ‘the big fjord lies at the end…
The ship
At thirty four years of age the 137 metre Ocean Endeavour is no longer in her first flush of life…
The Journey
The Northwest Passage represents the pinnacle of Arctic exploration. Ice on this permitting, we’ll explore the quaint villages, dramatic fjords…
Preparing for a journey of a lifetime
Despite it being in the middle of our English summer time our suitcases are packed with snow parkas, walking boots,…