Alaska guest speakers

Preet Chandi, known as Polar Preet, broke two Guinness World Records in January 2023, for both the longest solo unsupported one-way polar ski journey for a woman, and the longest solo unsupported one-way polar ski journey overall, spending a total of 130 days alone on the ice and covering 1,622 miles across Antarctica.

Kenton Cool is an English mountaineer and mountain guide. He is one of Britain's leading alpine and high-altitude climbers and has summited Mount Everest 17 times, including leading Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ 2008 and 2009 Expeditions and Ben Fogle’s 2019 Expedition.

Ben Fogle is an award-winning broadcaster and adventurer. Ben has climbed Mount Everest, rowed across the Atlantic, raced across Antarctica to the South Pole and crossed the deserts of the Empty Quarter in the Middle East.

Doug Allan is a freelance wildlife and documentary cameraman who films both topside and underwater. His TV credits include The Blue Planet, Planet Earth, Life, Human Planet, Frozen Planet, Expedition Iceberg, Forces of Nature and many other programs.

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers MBE led the first successful British unsupported expedition from Canada to the Geographic North Pole. Over 70 days they walked 672 nautical miles in temperatures as low as -65°C, dragging a sledge the weight of a baby elephant. Alan has since led over a dozen North Pole expeditions.

Surviving an avalanche at only three months old, Apa has since summited Everest 21 times, holding the world record for most summits until 2018. In 2012 he started The Apa Sherpa Foundation with a focus on educating young Sherpa children.

A record-breaking polar explorer and a successful businesswoman, Caroline is part of the first all-women team to ski to both the North and South Poles.

Each day in Alaska presents you with awe-inspiring wonders. Revel at the blue hues of the immense Hubbard Glacier and journey through the Inside Passage, which culminates in Glacier Bay National Park, where you’ll experience some of the world’s most spectacular tidewater glaciers.

Explore our complete packing guide for this fantastic region, including tips for sea and shore, what not to pack, and useful packing lists for every suitcase.

From whale watching on a private yacht to a guided tour of Portage Glacier, an Alaska cruise with Cunard offers more than 140 unique ways to enhance your time on and off shore.