Eleven landscape photographers who shaped the genre — Ansel Adams, Michael Kenna, Galen Rowell, Sebastião Salgado, Edward Burtynsky and six more — and what each of them changed.

Stockholm is a cruise port you can do on your own if your ship docks at Stadsgården: a 30-minute waterfront walk to Gamla Stan, the Royal Palace and Storkyrkan a few steps …

Saint Peter Port is a tender port: local boats land you at Albert Pier, Castle Cornet costs £12, and the harbour drained by a 10-metre tide is free.

Malmö and Lund in one June day — Lilla Torg and the Turning Torso, then Lund’s Romanesque cathedral, where a 15th-century astronomical clock still plays at noon.

How to reach the Ring of Brodgar and Skara Brae from Kirkwall’s cruise pier by bus or taxi — berths, costs against a ship excursion, timings, and the return buffer to plan.

Narsaq is a tender port in South Greenland: 15 minutes ashore by boat, a town you can walk, and drifting ice that decides how long you stay.

Landing at Grytviken: no pier, ten to a Zodiac, a biosecurity check before anyone goes ashore, marked paths to Shackleton’s grave, and the pass above the station.

St Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands: Castle Cornet on the harbour mouth, Victor Hugo’s house of exile, and a town you can walk in an afternoon.