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A Leeward Breeze | John Borthwick | French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahiti

The collective noun 'Tahiti' loosely refers to the totality of French Polynesia - five archipelagos and some 120 islands, scattered over four million square kilometres of ocean

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Cruising the Waters of Life | Martin Li | United Kingdom, Hebrides, Skye

Starting from Oban distillery on the Argyll coast, yachts sail to two of the most sacred whisky shrines: Talisker on Skye and Lagavulin on the most revered whisky island of them all – Islay.

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Exploring Glacier Bay | Linda Ballou | United States, Alaska, Glacier Bay

The spirits of the ancient Tlingits, who lived here 10,000 years ago, are released from their frozen tombs with an unearthly howl and claps of thunder when enormous chunks of ice calve from the glacier

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Houseboating on the Hawkesbury | Daniel Scott | Australia, New South Wales, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park

The water around the boat is like molten gold, the black hills ahead of us back lit by yellow-white light and the sky is a rhapsody of fleecy cloud in blue, pink, red, grey and orange

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Leading Light | Clive Tully

“Better not go too far,” says Graham Adnitt, Second Officer of the Trinity House Vessel Patricia, anchored nearby, as interesting rock pools and inquisitive seals tempt me to wander further. “The tide’s coming up”

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Leewards, to the Islands of Dream | John Borthwick | French Polynesia, Society Islands, Tahaa

Unlike some of its more developed neighbours, Tahaa retains a quality - both energetic and ethereal - which once gave these islands the title of Les Iles du Rêve, the Islands of Dream

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