HURTIGRUTEN Expeditions is returning to Antarctica from Nov with two ships, both of which will depart from Chile. Roald Amundsen will leave from Punta Arenas on 25 Nov, with her first departure to be a Solar Eclipse sailing, bringing guests to the Scotia Sea, the best place to experience the...
HURTIGRUTEN Expeditions is returning to Antarctica from Nov with two ships, both of which will depart from Chile.
Roald Amundsen will leave from Punta Arenas on 25 Nov, with her first departure to be a Solar Eclipse sailing, bringing guests to the Scotia Sea, the best place to experience the cosmic event.
Fram, originally scheduled to depart from Ushuaia, will join Roald Amundsen from Chile, from 14 Dec.
MD Asia-Pacific Damian Perry told Cruise Weekly the decision to choose Chile over Argentina was due to clearer rules regarding travellers and cruisers.
Guests arriving to Santiago de Chile will fly to Punta Arenas by domestic charter flights.
The third ship planned for Antarctica, the newly named Fridtjof Nansen, will instead be offering expedition cruises to the coast of Norway from Hamburg from Jan.
Fridtjof Nansen will complement the refurbished battery-hybrid powered Otto Sverdrup, which is almost sold out for the first quarter of next year already.
The godmothers of Fridtjof Nansen, environmental advocates Hilde Falun Strom and Sunniva Sorby, will be on board (CW 15 Sep).
Affected guests have been contacted with rebooking options, and all passengers and crew members for all Antarctica expedition cruises must be vaccinated with a vaccine approved by the European Medicines Agency.
Hurtigruten Group Chief Executive Officer Daniel Skjeldam said preparing for a two-ship Antarctica season this coming summer marks a remarkable turning point for the company.
