Virgin Voyages unveils Alaska sailings on Brilliant Lady in summer 2026
Virgin Voyages will operate 17 Alaska sailings in summer 2026. The line’s upcoming new
ship Brilliant Lady will sail seven to 12-night routes from Seattle and Vancouver between May and September.
MSC to make Alaska debut with ex-Seattle sailings on Poesia
MSC Cruises will sail Alaska itineraries for the first time from May to September 2026. MSC Poesia will operate weekly
seven-night sailings from Seattle, with ports of call including Ketchikan, Juneau and Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. Shore excursions feature
off-road expeditions, ziplining, whale watching and activities focused on culinary experiences and Indigenous culture. Prices lead in at £679, or £939
including drinks. Before embarking on its Alaska
season, MSC Poesia will set sail on a transatlantic crossing from Rome on April 6, 2026, calling at Genoa, Marseille, Barcelona, Funchal, Philipsburg in Sint Maarten, and Ocean Cay in the Bahamas, before arriving in Miami. From Miami, the ship will
make its way to Seattle via the Panama Canal.
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Ports of call will include
Ketchikan, Sitka and Prince Rupert, while the ship will also sail through Tracy Arm Fjord. Pre-sales opened on
October 31 ahead of going on general sale on November 13.
Zodiac trip Brilliant Lady will debut
in September 2025, offering sailings from New York, Miami, Los Angeles and Seattle. The ship will also operate a
16-night Panama Canal sailing. Virgin Voyages chief executive
Heli-hiking
Nirmal Saverimuttu said: “We have high repeat rates, so our Sailors are always challenging us to seek new horizons; they always want to know ‘where else can we sail with Virgin?’”
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Quark offers Arctic sailing to take in solar eclipse in 2026
Ella Sagar
Quark Expeditions has launched two Arctic 2026 itineraries, offering customers the chance to witness a total solar eclipse and to tour Iceland by helicopter. The Iceland to Greenland Total Solar Eclipse voyage
on Ultramarine will travel to east Greenland’s High Arctic to offer passengers the longest duration of the eclipse in the world, at two minutes and 17 seconds. Two eclipse experts – author and science journalist
David Baron and eclipse cartographer Michael Zeiler – will be on board. The voyage will take in the Vestfjords in Iceland,
before passing Northeast Greenland National Park – the world’s largest national park – to cruise the 68-mile King Oscar Fjord. The sailing will visit Blomsterbugten, which is
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known as the ‘bay of flowers’ and the Bjørne Islands, as well as crossing the Denmark Strait twice. Passengers will also have the opportunity to see Greenland from the air on one of Ultramarine’s twin-engine helicopters.
2mins, 17secs Duration of total solar eclipse off coast of Greenland in August 2026
The 13-day cruise departs Reykjavik on August 6,
with prices leading in at £12,895. Ultramarine’s second new voyage is the 12-day
Iceland Circumnavigation: Helicopters, Glaciers and Volcanoes, which will depart on July 27, 2026. Prices start at £10,635. The itinerary will give passengers the opportunity
to visit glaciers, volcanoes and black-sand beaches, with highlights including Kirkjufell Mountain; Dettifoss and Kirkjufellsfoss waterfalls; Jökulsárlón Glacier Lagoon; Ásbyrgi Canyon; the Krafla volcanic caldera; Látrabjarg, Europe’s tallest bird cliff; and the Westman Islands.
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