Country Guide - Russia

As the former mediaeval citadel and capital of Communism, Moscow is a beautiful city of gold onion-domed churches that scrape the skyline alongside Stalin's gothic Seven Sisters.

With the Kremlin, Lenin's Mausoleum and St Basil's surrounding the historic Red Square,…

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With only two departures this year and only one ship capable of offering this itinerary, reaching the North Pole aboard the '50 Years of Victory' is a rewarding and rare expedition. This journey combines the raw power of the ship with the use of helicopter flights for aerial…

For the past 65 years Paanajarvi National Park on the Russo/Finnish border has been almost untouched by humans, resulting in a flourishing ecosystem of bears, wolves, wolverines, and a mass of birdlife.

Delve deep into this last great wilderness to experience a European…

This awe-inspiring adventure traverses three great nations - Russia, Mongolia and China. From the opulence of Moscow and St Petersburg to the grace of imperial Beijing, we take the train through the heartland of Siberia and across the vast grassy steppe of Mongolia, where we…

Sail the most legendary route in Arctic lore, the Northwest Passage, traversing one of the world's most elusive sea routes through the heart of the Canadian Arctic and visiting remote sites made famous by Amundsen and Franklin's expeditions of the mid 18th century.…