Cruise news (AntarcticaArctic-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Atlas Ocean Voyages launches Emergency Medical Evacuation Insurance
Providing passengers with peace of mind for possible complications and unexpected situations while sailing, Atlas Ocean Voyages launched its industry...
October 5, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten returns to Antarctica with MS Fram and MS Roald Amundsen
The world’s largest expedition cruise company Hurtigruten returns to Antarctica with the battery-hybrid powered ships MS Fram and MS Roald...
October 3, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Ponant's "icebreaker" ship Le Commandant Charcot launched in Port Le Havre
The French premium travel brand Ponant launched what the company touts as "the industry's first luxury electric hybrid cruise ship." Navin Sawhney...
October 2, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Swan Hellenic confirms inaugural cruises in Antarctica as Argentina reopens borders
Swan Hellenic Cruises confirmed that the line's inaugural voyages exploring Antarctica would all be sailing as planned following the recent...
October 1, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Superyacht Scenic Eclipse restarts cruises to Antarctica in January 2022
Scenic Cruises' superyacht Scenic Eclipse will be one of the first cruise ships to return to Antarctica when she restarts sailing her ultra-luxury...
September 25, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Aurora Expedition launches 16 new itineraries for 2022-2023
Aurora Expeditions launched a new expanded 2022-2023 Season Brochure for the line's Arctic, Antarctica, and Global program. Monique Ponfoort, CEO of...
September 22, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Port Ushuaia (Argentina) admitting uncertainty about 2021-2022 cruise season
The recent decision by the ultra-premium travel brand Silversea to change homeporting (to the neighboring Chilean ports Puerto Williams (Navarino...
September 19, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Atlas Ocean Voyages unveils World Navigator’s Inaugural Antarctica season (November 2021)
AOV-Atlas Ocean Voyages announced that the luxe-adventure brand would proceed with the inaugural Antarctica season for AOV's first newbuild...
September 17, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten’ship MS Fridtjof Nansen christened in Longyearbyen, Svalbard
In unique surroundings at latitude 78˚ North in Longyearbyen (on Spitsbergen Island in the Svalbard Archipelago), the community joined the...
September 15, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Norway bans cruise ships from offering helicopter and submarine tours in Svalbard
Norway banned cruise ships from offering helicopter tours and submarine rides to the Svalbard Archipelago, which lies midway between the North Pole...
September 11, 2021 - Cruise Industry
3 HAL-Holland America ships restart in Spring 2022
By late spring 2022, HAL-Holland America Line will have its entire fleet back into service with the restart of three more vessels. MS Noordam is...
September 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Lindblad Expeditions' newest ship National Geographic Resolution completes sea trials
The sea trials of Lindblad Expeditions' newest ship National Geographic Resolution were successfully carried out over the last weekend. The sea...
September 9, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Silversea Cruises restarts in Antarctica from Punta Arenas, Chile
The ultra-premium brand Silversea Cruises reached an agreement with Chilean authorities for homeporting in Punta Arenas for winter 2021-2022 season...
September 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Godmothers announced for Hurtigruten Expeditions' battery-hybrid powered ship MS Fridtjof Nansen
Hurtigruten Expeditions appointed two seasoned exploration and environmental pioneers as godmothers of MS Fridtjof Nansen: Sunniva Sorby (Canadian...
September 8, 2021 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten Expeditions to name its newest ship MS Fridtjof Nansen on Svalbard
Hurtigruten founded expedition cruising back in 1896 and 125 years later, what has grown to become the world's largest expedition cruise company is...
September 2, 2021