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After an extensive refurbishment, your favorite ship will be the
most luxurious ice class vessel in expedition cruising. Her service and
space ratios will be the highest in expedition cruising. And she’ll
boast more dining options than any other ice-class ship to the White
Continent. Along with panoramic public rooms and broad, sweeping decks,
almost all suites will include verandas so that a breaching whale or a
few cavorting penguins are always within sight. With her ice-strengthened hull, she will easily maneuver through the
ice flows. Her limited capacity is only at 260 guests to a maximum of 200
in polar waters. That’s important, since crowds reduce the number of
landings permitted in these fragile environments. And with her 18 new
state-of-the-art Zodiacs, you’ll have plenty of opportunities for
exploring the wonders ashore.
Year Built
1994Year Refurbished
2015Year Entered Present Fleet
Country of Registry
The BahamasTonnage (GRT)
16,800PAX (basis 2)
Max Pax (inc. Uppers)
200Passenger Decks
6Number of Crew
208Officers' Nationality
EuropeanCruise/Hotel Staff Nationality
InternationalSuites
7Balcony
0Oceanview
147Oceanview No Balcony
0Oceanview With Balcony
0Balconies
114Interior
0Accessible
20Total Number of Accommodations
1000Owner's Suite 1
Owner's Suite 2
Grand Suite 1
Grand Suite 2
Royal Suite 1
Royal Suite 2
Silver Suite
Medallion Suite
Deluxe Veranda Suite
Veranda Suite
Vista Suite
Size: One Bedroom: 587 sq. ft./55 sq. m. including veranda (89 sq. ft. / 8 sq. m.)
Two Bedroom: 827 sq. ft./77 sq. m. including veranda(89 sq. ft. / 8 sq. m.)
This stylish apartment offers the superlative in levels of space, comfort and service on board. A perfect mix of expedition experience with luxury lifestyle. Available as a one-bedroom configuration or as two bedroom by adjoining with a Vista Suite.
• Large veranda with patio furniture and floor-to-ceiling glass doors, bedroom two has additional large picture window
• Living room with sitting area, bedroom two has additional sitting area
• Separate dining area
• Twin beds or queen-sized bed, bedroom two has additional twin beds or queen-sized bed
• Marble bathroom with full-sized bath and separate shower, bedroom two has additional marble bathroom with shower (no bath as indicated in diagram)
• Walk-in wardrobe(s) with personal safe
• Vanity table(s) with hair dryer and Writing desk(s)
• Bose® Sound system with Bluetooth Connectivity
• Unlimited Premium Wifi
• Illy® Espresso machine
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4.5
Cruise reviews reflect the opinions of travel editors and cruisers/ readers and may not represent those of our company.
SUBMIT A REVIEWJULY
Overland tour post trip needs to be better supervisor or better organized to account for all guests. The cold Greenland part locations were fantastic along with the related expeditions. Certain southern ports were excellent, but the other ports seemed all the same. Certain excursions had never been investigated before the cruise. Wouldn’t this be dangerous? Lack of wildlife, particularly walruses when it is part of the brochure.
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SEPTEMBER
<div>The ship which is quite old, about 1994 I believe, was in excellent shape. The complimentary wines had improved from 2018 and earlier. This process had started in 2018 and I was happy to see it continued. The cuisine on board was sup par except for the Italian venue and when I met with the Hotel Director, I learned that this was due to shipping issues and not being able to get their American meats. They were forced to serve French cuts which are not the same grade. However the cheeses were also sad and this should have not been impacted. Service at la Terrazzo lunchtime is cut back as guests cannot serve themselves and it is awkward. The main dining room was just average if that. Biggest improvement were hot plate and hot pastas. Service almost throughout was very good. Expedition staff was outstanding , as were those who did the difficult work of getting 200 guests in and out of zodiacs sometimes twice a day. Little entertainment onboard, and lectures were mostly geared toward wildlife rather than culture or history, though there was one very good lecture on that. The crowd was not the usual Silversea type. Very casual, very understated and serious about birding:) Most diners were almost never dressed up.There was Covid on board both crew and guests. This was never addressed for better or worse, though about 5 days in they did request that more guests mask up in public areas.</div>
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JANUARY
Quality information prior to arrival. Excellent follow up byrepresentatives in Chile. Exceptionally friendly and service oriented staff. Quality equipment and safety measures during expedition. Kayaking was well organized. While the weather was a factor with missed landings thought it might be beneficial to offer opportunities to guests who were adventurous.
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Very well organized from the flights, including the charter, through embarkation, expeditions, polar plunge (!) and return home. The expedition teams were knowledgeable, friendly and very receptive to the endless passenger questions. They never hesitated to take yet another photo. Their experience and training was invaluable, particularly those team members that had spent significant time in Antarctica or extensive background in the history and/or various forms of wildlife, biology, geology or botany. The various briefings were very informative and provided history, context and background on what we saw throughout the cruise.
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