Roald Amundsen Ship Inside
The belgica whether by mistake or design became locked in the sea ice at 70 30 s off alexander island west of the antarctic peninsula the crew endured a winter for which they were poorly prepared.
Roald amundsen ship inside. This expedition led by adrien de gerlache using the ship the rv belgica became the first expedition to overwinter in antarctica. At least 41 passengers and crew on a norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for covid 19 officials say. Ms roald amundsen in 2019 hurtigruten added a brand new ship to its fleet. Hundreds more passengers who travelled on the ms roald amundsen are in quarantine and.
Terje pedersen ntb scanpix via reuters. Amundsen joined the belgian antarctic expedition as first mate. Its new ms roald amundsen had returned at 6am after the second of two week long expedition cruises to svalbard that departed tromsø on july 17 and july 24. Outbreaks of covid 19 recorded on ms roald amundsen in norway and the paul gauguin in tahiti last modified on mon 3 aug 2020 18 42 edt covid 19 has been detected on at least two cruise ships.
She has been built by kleven yards of norway and started her maiden voyage on 3 july 2019 from the norwegian port tromsø to hamburg. Hurtigruten stated that the two crew members neither of whom is norwegian had already been in isolation. The ms roald amundsen. The ms roald amundsen ship operated by norway s hurtigruten line leaves a port in tromso after its crew members were diagnosed with the coronavirus disease.
Tests showed another 32 of the 158 staff were also. The ms roald amundsen is the world s first hybrid battery supported cruise ship. It made its maiden voyage to antarctica with 450 passengers aboard in november 2019 according to robb report. The ship is in isolation at the pier in tromsø and there are no guests on board hurtigruten stated in a press release.
Roald amundsen was christened in fall 2019 in antarctica with a chunk of ice. She and her sister ship fridtjof nansen are the first hybrid powered ships in the hurtigruten fleet. The norway flagged ms roald amundsen is the first of hurtigruten s new series of expedition cruise ships built in poland montex shipyard in gdansk hull and superstructure and norway kleven shipyard in ulsteinvik marine interior and outfitting the company signed a letter of intent with the shipbuilder kleven verft in april 2016 for 2 vessels with an included option for 2 more ships of.