【正文】 on board, most huddled among the rails at 8 am in the bright red parkas provided by the Silversea cruise line. The air temperature is 9 C－ the water temperature is12 C, expedition leader Stefan Kredel announces on a loudspeaker, just in case anybody is planning to strip off for a morning swim. Our luxury vessel is small as cruise ships go. American TV39。s Love Boat may have had athousand cabins, sports courts and a pooland there are massive ships like that in the nextharbor with a big herd of passengers but things are more intimate Explorer39。s relative pettiness is key to our itinerary. At the moment, we are cruising overa channel 240 meters deep, but yesterday, winding through Skoldungen Fjord, we hadscooted over depths as shallow as 69 meters. You can39。t do that on the QEII. That flexibility is essential to the expedition ships and cruises offered by Silversea. Whilethe line offers the more traditional cruises focused on shipboard entertainment and portcalls for shopping and nightlife, the expedition variety is targeted at more adventuroussouls.We started these as outings to more outofthe way places, specifically the Arctic and theAntarctic, for active travelers who wanted to learn about and explore wilder places upclose,says parking your butt in a deck chair is your idea of a deluxe cruise, you39。re on the wrong day, Silver Explorer works its way as close to shore as possible before droppinganchor. Then we pull on our waterproof pants, jackets and boots, and climb singlefile intoZodiacs－ the big, motorized rubber rafts that will take us to the day39。s adventure. Yesterday, that was a 90minute foray around Thrym Glacier. Today, we zip ashore to visit the indigenous village of Nanortalik, where small oilheated houses painted in bright colors dot a mountain valley that clings to summer39。s last yellow wildflowers. We explore an outdoor museum, watch a kayak demonstration at a traditional hunting camp, enjoy an Inuit choir performance in the church, and enjoy coffee and a folk dancing at the local culture center. Nanortalik means place of polar bears in the local Inuit language, but a fanged ivory skull in the museum is the closest we39。ll e to seeing this fearsome creature on this voyage around southern Greenland. Tomorrow we39。re promised a landing near two thermal pools with a view of passing icebergs. Those swimming suits we packed will be used after all. Each day, there is at least one lecture by an expert－ a geologist, birder, Viking scholar, botanist, anthropologist or marine biologist. These informal talks are fortably spaced between gourmet meals and freeflowing wine and spirits, all of which can be enjoyed in the collegiality of the restaurant or in the cozy privacy of your cabin. The cabins are surprisingly spacious, and the butler assigned to my suite keeps the plimentary minibar stocked with my preferred beverages and snacks. He and the cabin valet will discreetly tidy up the room each day while I39。m dining or sightseeing onshore. My water bottle is always full. My shoes are always shined. Meals are fivestar hotel quality, which chef Pia－ a statuesque strawberryblonde from Germany－ somehow pulls off even when the ship is days away from a market that meets her exacting standards. The sitdown dinner service (there39。s no assigned seating, except at the wele and farewell dinners hosted by Croatian captain Denis Radja) features gourmet European fare. Lunches are expansive buffets in the restaurant－ though in good weather, many of us sit in the sun on the observation deck, where there is a small buffet as well as sandwiches and pastas made to order. I39。m slightly surprised to find that quite a few passengers have not only cruised with Silversea before, but rather often. At one reception, a Japanese lady gets applauded as the passenger aboard having the most cruise days with the line: 860! That39。s getting close to three years at sea. On this cruise, we are particularly pampered: There are only 56 passengers－ and 119 crewmembers. There are usually 120 to 150 passengers on board, and 物聯(lián)網(wǎng)背景下銷售渠道的選擇與研究 21 most cruises are fully booked－ popular destinations such as Antarctica and the Mediterranean as much as a year ahead. Late summer timing and the challenge of booking return flights after disembarking at Kangerlussuaq have kept our group on the small side. We39。ll all know each other pretty well at the end of our 12day cruise. Expedition leader Kredel observes that we39。ll be extrapampered with two crewmembers on board to every one passenger. But let39。s not have any talk of mutiny on this ship, he jokes. Always remember: You are outnumbered.They are safe, easy and family friendly, no wonder growing numbers of people are spending their vacations on a cruise ship. Zhou Wenting goes aboard. Imagine spending a holiday in a place where your every whim is catered for, where the sun and the ocean are on your doorstep and delicious food is served around the clock. You can go shopping in stores that have rock bottom prices, and if you grow tired of all the pampering, your bed is available anytime. You can travel with the whole family too, because there are activities tailored to suit all age groups. A vacation on an elegant cruise liner will meet the desire for an exotic experience, but will also be an enjoyable travel experience when acpanied by young children or elderly parents. Familyfriendly, safe and secure, cruise vacations have bee very popular in China. During the uping National Day Golden Week holiday, from Oct 1 to Oct 7, many families will board a ship to enjoy an exciting holiday at sea. The development of the cruise industry in recent years has been impressive. Statistics from the China Cruise and Yacht Industry Association show Chinese residents made million trips on cruise liners last year, pared with nearly 10,000 in 20