All the photographs in this blog were taken during the cruise. 1st-4th September,  Liverpool to Gibraltar MS Bolette left Liverpool late...

12th-13th June 2024 Newcastle and North Sea crossing Rugged and Remote Spitsbergen © Brian Tollitt/OWE OWE spitsbergen 2024 team. from...

Day 1. 07/05/24 – Southampton. After early afternoon embarkation on MS Borealis, the OWE Team (Martin Kitching, Sarah Barratt, David...

10th January 2024 – Change over Day. Port Louis, Mauritius As Anno, Jeff and Laura bid the MV Bolette goodbye, Paul Hill and Peter...

Click view full image Mombasa was the jumping off point for many passengers and three of the OWE team to head out overnight on safari....

As we departed Kochi the OWE team was down to two, as Dolphin Dave's Indian visa travails prevented him from joining Bolette until she...

Although this Fred Olsen cruise set off from Southampton in November, the first Ocean Wildlife Encounters team joined MS Bolette in Egypt...

Greenland sits only slightly further north than the northern tip of the Shetland Isles and although we always thought there was an...

REMOTE AND RUGGED ICELAND PART ONE Thursday, 14 September 2023 Lunchtime in Liverpool with my partner Michelle, to join the cruise ship...

Ocean Wildlife Encounters (OWE) has recently expanded to include some new guest speakers and enthusiasts to their ranks. On the Scenic...

Ushuaia There were so many cruise ships in port that we ended up using tenders. Right next to the tender dock is a small vessel marina,...

Punta Arenas to Cape Horn On the 13th February, Jeff and Laura welcomed Emma Neave-Webb and Russell Neave aboard MS Balmoral. They had...

Ocean Wildlife Encounters - Off-piste: The Sea Caves of Arica In the afternoon of the 1st February 2023 we headed out to the Cuevas de...

Callao to Punta Arenas As Anno and Dave departed, we awaited the arrival of Brian Tollitt and Mikey Bailey. Brian made it to the ship by...

This blog highlights some of the thrilling nature we experienced shore-side during our grand voyage to South America and Antarctica on...

The team at Ocean Wildlife Encounters are geared to supporting epic cruise adventures, having collectively clocked up hundreds of...

We launched Ocean Wildlife Encounters (OWE) in the midst of the pandemic, so establishing a track record on cruise liners has been a...

A blog describing the work carried out by the Ocean Wildlife Encounters team whilst aboard MS Borealis in January 2022.