As luxury lines, new entrants and mainstream cruise lines eye the high-yielding expedition market, with 12 ships ordered since last March, the expedition segment of the cruise industry only accounts for a sliver of actual market capacity.

With small ships and long cruises, independently researched data available in the 2017-2018 Cruise Industry News Annual Report shows that the expedition market, at best, represents 1 percent of 2017 market capacity.

However, those cruises are coming at some of the best yields in the industry, according to executives at the expedition lines. Other sources told Cruise Industry News that port costs in expedition regions are also slim to none, further improving the bottom line.

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