Sometimes a text message can hit like a dodgeball to the face. My most recent one came while I was shopping for a Sea-Doo. I ...

While an ocean cruise may be a time-honored bucket-list ambition, potential vacationers can be discouraged by the sheer size ...

For Silversea, travelers are more likely to find overnight stops on Grand Voyages and World Cruises. (Our trip was a segment of a world cruise, which can be booked separately from the entire voyage.) ...

Silversea set sail on its 83-day Grand Voyage North Atlantic and Northern Europe, exploring 55 destinations in 16 countries. The itinerary onboard the Silver Shadow features ports such as Geiranger ...

Viking® (www.viking.com) today announced that 14 new ocean itineraries exploring the Mediterranean, United Kingdom, Ireland and Scandinavia in 2026 and 2027 are now open for booking. Ranging from ...

A 2024 study said sea surface and sea floor temperatures have increased by 1.8 and 1.3 degrees Celsius respectively in the Finnish archipelago in the northern Baltic Sea, in the period from 1927 ...

Decades of pollution and climate change have caused fish to disappear from the Baltic Sea at an alarming rate, with the European Union on Thursday vowing to make the sea an "urgent priority".

On a foggy morning off Norway’s craggy coast, a square-rigged clinker boat—a descendant of Viking craft—glided between islands. No compass guided its crew. No engine rumbled below deck. Instead, Greer ...

Moscow has ramped up military activity in the Baltic Sea to shield its sanctioned “shadow fleet,” Finland’s defense minister has said, warning that Russia remains a “dangerous neighbor to all of ...

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk warned on Thursday that the Baltic Sea is becoming 'a new area of confrontation' with Russia. Image by tupungato via iStock Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk ...

The Baltic Sea may become a place — like Poland's eastern border today — of permanent confrontation,” Tusk said, following a meeting of the Maritime Operations Center in Gdynia, Poland.

Oceania’s Baltic sailings are mostly fly-cruise, but some depart from the UK. Itineraries often include Stockholm, Copenhagen, Tallinn and Helsinki, with some voyages extending to Oslo or Riga.