THE last guests who were on board Hurtigruten’s Roald Amundsen, including 122 Australians, are now on their way home, 10 days after the ship’s original disembarkation date.
Guests had been enjoying an Antarctica expedition cruise since the end of Feb when sudden travel restrictions prevented a safe passage to Chile, precipitating a change in course to the Falkland Islands instead.
The cruise line organised charter flights home from the British territory, having to deal with the complexity of engaging various airlines, airports and travel authorities, with the final guests from Roald Amundsen safely departing yesterday afternoon local time.
There are no confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 on any Hurtigruten ship.
“We would like to thank our wonderful guests for maintaining a great explorer’s attitude as we have had to change our disembarkation plans,” said Managing Director Asia Pacific Damian Perry.
“We appreciate many have been keen to get home to loved ones, our guests’ resilience, good humour and unwavering spirit has been a great support for our crew and to all of us at Hurtigruten,” he added.
Hurtigruten’s Roald Amundsen was the last of the cruise line’s ship with guests on board at sea.
