Michael Ferrante examines plans to build the world’s biggest cruise ships, trends and close-to-home cruising options.

The results of a recent genetic test shook me to the core. It seems that I’m not who I thought I was. Some years ago, I sent a spit sample to 23andMe. The test revealed, unsurprisingly, that I’m 100% ...

Multiple cruise ships sailing from the East Coast are returning to their home ports early to get ahead of a second winter storm.

Just months before the 2026 Alaska cruise season begins, a popular cruise line that offered a unique style of Alaska sailings is ceasing operations.

In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship lost all power while navigating one of Norway’s most dangerous stretches of sea. As ...

The Aquavit Terrace and aft infinity pool on Viking ocean ships. Photo Credit: Viking "If you've seen one, you've seen them all." More than once, Viking founder and CEO Torstein Hagen has said this ...

A windswept mound on England’s Cumbrian coast may conceal one of the most sought-after Viking burials in Britain: the grave of Ivarr “the Boneless”, a feared 9th-century war leader linked to the Great ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: “It is the largest cog we know of, and it gives us a unique opportunity to understand both the construction and life on board the biggest trading ...

A single excavation in 1880 unearthed the Gokstad ship and proved the Viking world was real, not just saga and legend. From Ice Age settlement and Bronze Age trade to bog iron, migration, and the ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the largest-ever medieval “super ship” dating back to the 1400s, a discovery that prompts a rethink of the scale of medieval trade across northern Europe. Built around ...

A discovery beneath Kolsåstoppen, a forested hill in eastern Norway, is drawing new attention to rock carvings created more ...

Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway is celebrating her 22nd birthday today - with the palace sharing a series of new photographs for the occasion. The royal, who is a future Queen, is currently ...