Off on another adventure - and it seems that, like buses, expedition ships come along two at once. Fresh from the Arctic , my suitcase took on a very different personality as I headed for the Mediterranean with Ponant aboard L'Austral for a Smithsonian Journeys cruise. This was my first Ponant experience in warmer climes, and I was curious to see how their expedition-style travel works in the Mediterranean. Malta I flew into Valletta with an overnight stop before boarding the

I'd been thinking about East Greenland for a while. Somewhere genuinely remote, properly wild, completely different to anywhere I'd been before. With so much news recently about Greenland's future, I'm even more grateful I went when I did - and I hope this incredible place remains independent, respected and protected for generations to come. When I finally booked it, I wasn't entirely sure what to expect - but I knew it wouldn't be ordinary. We travelled by expedition ship th