The Explora Journal

This Iceland travel guide starts with the five that count most: pack for four seasons in one day, time the visit to the right season, get the small practicalities right, embrace the island's geothermal bathing culture, and plan a day ashore around its most recognisable landscapes.

Bear watching in Alaska draws wildlife travellers from across the world, and for good reason: few places on Earth offer a comparable concentration of brown bears living, fishing and raising cubs within reach of open water.

Norway’s famous fjords are best experienced from the water rather than the road, where the true height of a cliff or the drop of a waterfall becomes clear.

Alaska’s Inside Passage is a majestic, sheltered network of channels, fjords and forested islands running along the southeastern edge of Alaska, from the northern reaches of Washington state to Skagway.