See the first video from this season’s first expediton cruise in Antarctica. Video is 1 minute 20 seconds. Click here and take a look at how National Geographic Explorer cuts through the ice, see guests having fun and read about the day’s exploration. 

 

Video by Josh Newman, Video Chronicler.

 

 

 

 

In Galápagos. You can’t make this stuff up. Click here to watch a 1 minute 26 second video clip of two male iguanas battling for territory. But be warned. This fight gets tough.

 

A couple of days ago (September 29) we posted a blog written by Beau Sylte about a phenomenal day in Alaska aboard National Geographic Sea Bird. It incorporated many highlights of an Alaska voyage in one day. But, that was the objective. Beau was feeling a bit competitive with Sea Lion’s sister ship, National Geographic Sea Bird.

We didn’t have Beau’s uploadable video clip until this morning. We (and not just me, all of us who have seen it) feel that this clip  deserves two blog posts. So take a look. It’s a great video. And, read the blog post as well. You'll enjoy it.

Photo: Humpback whales bubble net feeding (Beau’s blog Sister Ships Compete explains the practice.)

Exploring Mousa in the Shetland Islands, Scotland

 

Guests traveling on our Exploring the British and Irish Isles expedition aboard National Geographic Explorer had a great opportunity to learn about this great broch. Click here to the video, to see the broch and to discover its purpose.

 

 

 

 

With a videographer on board our expedition cruises, we receive video reports from the ships on a regular basis. This particular video, of guests traveling aboard National Geographic Sea Bird in Alaska, is very much involved with a couple of brown bears and their lunch -- salmon. The experience is amazing on video, and was clearly wonderful to watch from the other side of the stream.

 

“Determined to regain body weight after a long winter sleep and spring meals of new vegetation, this brown bear ignored our presence and quickly caught rich, fatty salmon.”

- Naturalist, Bryan Gates

Whether it’s on land, in a stream, or while coasting amid giant slabs of pack ice, a bear sighting is always an inspiring moment on our expeditions. Two of our ships, National Geographic Explorer and National Geographic Sea Bird, recently came upon two different species of bears in two different regions – Alaska and the Arctic – on the same day. Our Video Chroniclers were right there to capture the encounters.


Click on the video links to view the full Daily Expedition Report and listen to the guest play-by-play for these unforgettable bear encounters.

 
  
 

Click here to view a short video of an encounter with a polar bear and her year-old cub. The video was shot during an expedition cruise to the Arctic aboard National Geographic Explorer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

…with her 10-year-old granddaughter. Click here to view a video clip of Margot aboard National Geographic Endeavour in Galápagos, where she shares her perspective.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click here to view video where Lindblad guests find rare, unidentified conger eel in Galapagos! Thanks to photos by Naturalist Ernesto Vaca, it will now be documented. Get a first look here. Length: 1:21.

 

 

There is nothing that matches the majesty of nature. And, to quote Henry David Thoreau, "We need the tonic of wildness."    

Click here to view “bubble net feeding” among whales in Alaska.

Click here to view whales and visiting sea lions in Alaska.

Click here to view some playful sea lions in Galápagos.