Cruise news (AntarcticaArctic-tagged)
- Cruise Industry
Aurora Expeditions Celebrates the Christening of Greg Mortimer
Aurora Expeditions celebrated the christening of their highly anticipated ship, Greg Mortimer, on Thursday, October 31st. In an official ceremony...
November 1, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Magellan Explorer Delivered to Antarctica21
MV Magellan Explorer completed sea trials. Tests reviewed all the cruise ship’s components, including the bow and stern thrusters, main and...
October 28, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Heritage Expeditions Returns to the Russian Arctic’s Northeast Passage in 2020
After company's first-ever back-to-back Northern Sea Route transit in 2017, the small cruise line Heritage Expeditions announced it will be returning...
October 22, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Viking Reveals Details of Two New Ships
Viking Cruises revealed some details of Viking Ocean's expedition fleet, consisting for now of 2 new vessels (currently under construction) &ndash...
October 14, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Visa-Free Travel to Russian Arctic Proposed in Attempt to Boost Tourism
Currently, tourists tend to choose to travel to Iceland or Norway in order to get a taste of the Arctic. The establishment of a special customs zone...
September 29, 2019 - Cruise Industry
VIDEO: Silversea Charting the Northeast Passage
For the first time in the history of the cruise line, Silversea passengers recently crossed the Northeast Passage. From August 10 through...
September 25, 2019 - Cruise Industry
MS Roald Amundsen Godmother Revealed
Hurtigruten named 48-year-old polar pioneer Karin Strand as godmother to the first hybrid-powered cruise ship in the world, MS Roald Amundsen. The...
September 24, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten to Add New eSled Snowmobiles
Hurtigruten’s land-based adventure travel company Hurtigruten Svalbard announced a new partnership with the Finnish company Aurora Powertrains...
September 16, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten’s Roald Amundsen Completes Northwest Passage Crossing
This week, Hurtigruten’s expedition cruise ship MS Roald Amundsen became the first battery-hybrid powered vessel to ever traverse the Northwest...
September 13, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Greg Mortimer Ready for Inaugural Voyage to Antarctica
Named after the adventurous co-founder of Aurora Expeditions, the 104-metre Greg Mortimer is the first expedition ship to feature the Ulstein X...
September 11, 2019 - Cruise Industry
First X-BOW Polar Ship Delivered to SunStone
The first expedition cruise ship in the Infinity class series of SunStone was officially named Greg Mortimer at China Merchants Heavy Industry's...
September 7, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Silversea Introduces Enhanced “All-Inclusive Polar Package”
Silversea announced its enhanced “All-Inclusive Polar Package”, currently available on all luxury expedition voyages to the polar...
September 4, 2019 - Accidents
RCGS Resolute Briefly Arrested in Nunavut
One Ocean Expeditions' cruise ship has been briefly arrested on Baffin Island earlier this month, a rare occurrence in the passenger ship sector (and...
August 20, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Hurtigruten Cruise Ship Banned from Entering Russia's Arctic Waters
250 cruise passengers will not cruise Russia's Franz Josef Land as the Norwegian cruiseferry company Hurtigruten was forced to cannel 2 planned...
August 19, 2019 - Cruise Industry
Arctic Expedition Cruises to Become a Trend for Russia
According to Alexei Rakhmanov, president of USC-United Shipbuilding Corporation (Russia's largest state-own shipbuilding company), expedition cruises...
July 13, 2019