Whilst expeditions tend to be more adventurous - camping, kayaking, skiing and mountaineering are frequently on the menu - the vessel also enjoys all the comforts you would expect from a hotel including two restaurants and a bar as well as private showers and toilets in all the cabins. MV Ortelius current position is at coordinates 78.46784 N / 16.113968333333 E en route to TEMPELFJORDEN. The Basecamp expeditions on board the Ortelius offer a number of free optional activities that are included in the cruise package. Start your North Spitsbergen cruise with a trek around historic Longyearben, then join our. OTL08-22 This is a voyage, with a group of scientists on the ship, who will follow-up on the investigations which Dutch researchers began on.
Antarctic Circle (4) Antarctic Peninsula (19) Falkland Islands (4) Greenland (4). It was later renamed after famous cartographer Abraham Ortelius, and today sails under Oceanwide Expeditions on fascinating expeditions to both the Arctic and Antarctica.īoasting the highest ice-class notation, the Ortelius is able to navigate solid one-year sea ice as well as loose multi-year pack ice, allowing it to reach the more secluded locations that other vessels can’t. Originally built in Poland in 1989 as an ice-strengthened passenger vessel, the 298-foot-long Ortelius spent many years plying the frozen waters of the Arctic and Northern Pacific before being totally refurbished in 2005. Total 32 cruises found 1 filter selected. Built in Gdynia on Poland’s Baltic Coast, the Ortelius started life as the Marina Svetaeva - a special purpose vessel for the Russian Academy of Science.
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