Milestones in Northwest Passage cruising: 1984 ... an upscale expedition ship operated by French line Ponant, becomes the first of three Ponant vessels to complete a transit -- a record for ...

PHOTO: Ponant's Le Soleal visits Hershel Island in the Beaufort Sea. A&K is chartering sister ship Le Boréal for a Northwest Passage cruise next August. (Courtesy of ...

Two expedition cruise lines have scrapped plans to cruise across Arctic Canada through the famed Northwest Passage because ice has clogged the route. Ponant has changed the itineraries for Le ...

For years, Ponant has been a major player in expedition-style cruises to the most remote parts of the Arctic, from the famed Northwest Passage across the Canadian Arctic to, more recently ...

This week, Europe's space agency (Esa) reported that the shrinking of Arctic ice had opened the fabled Northwest Passage, clearing a long-sought, but until recently impassable, route between Europe ...

Ponant, a company that sails under the French flag, offers a nearly monthlong trip that departs from Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, travels through the Northwest Passage and terminates in Nome.

This is the second installment in our reporting from a trip into the Northwest Passage. For the first story, see here. RESOLUTE, Nunavut — As the Arctic ice recedes and the waters of the ...

Bellot Strait, THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE — Too often, we tend to talk about the fabled Northwest Passage as if it’s a single route through the Canadian Arctic. It’s actually at least seven main ...

PONANT is extending its 15 years of polar expedition cruising expertise to the inlets, Eastern coastline and Inland Passage of Alaska. New for the 2015 summer season, PONANT’s Alaska and ...

Experience Europe like never before aboard a luxurious Ponant cruise. France's only cruise liner, and world leader in small-ship luxury sailings, Ponant has been perfecting the art of sea ...