Hurtigruten has revealed a brand new flagship crusing for the 2023 season for friends to observe within the footsteps of well-known Norwegian Roald Amundsen.
The journey will take travellers alongside the Northwest Passage and onboard the explorer’s expedition cruise ship.
The ‘Northwest Passage – Within the Wake of the Nice Explorers’ is a 26-day itinerary taking expedition followers from the gold rush city Nome in Alaska by the Bering Strait, Chukchi Sea, Beaufort Sea and the Amundsen Gulf earlier than arriving at Halifax.
With a crew of consultants masking biology and wildlife, the onboard expedition crew may also embody knowledgeable photographer, an archaeologist and a number of Inuit cultural
interpreters.
Generally known as one of the difficult stretches of water to navigate, the MS Roald Amundsen will try and navigate the ice floes and islands of the gorgeous Northwest Passage while bringing to life for friends the native historical past and tradition of the encompassing space.
The onboard crew will select areas alongside the route to rearrange escorted landings and small boat cruising for onshore exploration along with alternatives to identify wildlife in all its pure behavior from whales, seals and, on the uncommon event, polar bears.
Anthony Daniels, normal supervisor UK and EMEA at Hurtigruten, stated: “That is certainly one of our most formidable and adventurous itineraries thus far providing our friends the possibility to turn out to be true explorers as we navigate one of the difficult stretches of water on this planet.
“We imagine in delivering really life-changing and memorable experiences for our friends and navigating the Northwest Passage is definitely a as soon as in a life-time expertise.
“Following a yr of lockdown, we all know from our clients that their urge for food for exploration definitely hasn’t dwindled, and we sit up for welcoming them onboard for his or her subsequent journey with us.”
