HURTIGRUTEN Cruises’ groundbreaking MS Roald Amundsen (CW 29 Jul) has this week made history as “the first ever battery-hybrid powered cruise ship to traverse the legendary Northwest Passage”. The momentous journey began in Greenland on 20 Aug, with the 500-passenger expedition vessel reaching Little Diomede Island in the Bering Sea,...
HURTIGRUTEN Cruises’ groundbreaking MS Roald Amundsen (CW 29 Jul) has this week made history as “the first ever battery-hybrid powered cruise ship to traverse the legendary Northwest Passage”.
The momentous journey began in Greenland on 20 Aug, with the 500-passenger expedition vessel reaching Little Diomede Island in the Bering Sea, Alaska at 8pm on Tue 10 Sep.
Captain Kai Albrigtsen made a “monumental entry” in the ship’s logbook to mark the achievement, saying “we have experienced gale force winds, snow and ice.
“We have also witnessed spectacular sunsets and striking scenery and wildlife…however what has had the biggest impact on us is how warmly we’ve been welcomed by the local communities along the route, just as [pioneering Norwegian Arctic explorer] Roald Amundsen himself was,” Albrigtsen said.
Having traversed the Northwest Passage, MS Roald Amundsen will now sail the coast of North and South America before spending the upcoming southern summer season offering a series of expedition cruises in Antarctica.
