An elevated shot of a National Geographic cruise ship on the water. The ship features a dark blue lower hull with a yellow stripe, multiple white upper decks, and a prominent white arch. The text "EXPEDITIONS" is visible on the side. A small rocky island with breaking waves is in the upper left.

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic

Coastal Japan: Imperial Dynasties and Modern Culture

Asia

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National Geographic Resolution

The polar sister that spends half her life in the tropics

Aboard

  • Polar Class 5, Category A, with the same inverted X-BOW hull as National Geographic Endurance
  • Christened on an ice sheet in the Weddell Sea rather than at a pier
  • Named for HMS Resolution, James Cook's ship on his second and third voyages
  • The only ice-class ship in the fleet that regularly works Japan and French Polynesia
  • Restaurant 270°, an infinity-edge pool and a sauna with a view of the ice

Ashore

Where You Stop

Kagoshima

Nagasaki

Asia

Asia

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Singapore Cityscape

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