Quest
The M/S Quest is an expedition ship for 50 passengers, offering seasonal voyages in Spitsbergen with departures from and returns to Longyearbyen.
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Ships for sea cruises
This category includes the vessels, which were not included in other categories. Thus, the user of cruise-profi.ru will be able to find here almost all available types of sea cruise vessels - from large ships, which make long sea trips, to tiny yachts offering one-day trips along the islands in the Mediterranean. Cruise directions, which are served by presented here ships, may be seasonal and all year round. Inclusion of these ships into this category does not mean that they offer unique services or differ in any other way.
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Akademik Vavilov
A historical overview of the Akademik Vavilov and its documented periods of service as an expedition ship.
Fram
HX’s MS Fram accommodates 200 guests. Onboard amenities include a Science Center, two restaurants, and an Explorer Lounge, all part of its expedition concept for the Arctic and Antarctica.
Expedition
GAP Adventures’ Expedition began life as the Alandsfarjan, a ferry built in 1972. GAP acquired the vessel in 2008 and planned to convert it into an expedition cruise ship.
Professor Molchanov
The Professor Molchanov was scheduled to operate Svalbard voyages from Murmansk in 2025. On 28 October 2026, a Norwegian court rejected Arktikugol’s application to have the detention lifted.
Plancius
The m/v Plancius is an expedition ship operated by Oceanwide Expeditions. In a post from 2018, the operator lists Vlissingen as its home port.
National Geographic Sea Lion
National Geographic Sea Lion: an expedition ship operated by Lindblad Expeditions, carrying 62 guests on coastal and nature voyages.
Kapitan Khlebnikov
Kapitan Khlebnikov: a polar icebreaker delivered to the Soviet Union in 1981, which was part of the Quark Expeditions Antarctic fleet in 2007/08 and 2008/09.
Clipper Adventurer
The Clipper Adventurer was an expedition ship operated under that name by Quark Expeditions.
National Geographic Explorer
The National Geographic Explorer is an expedition ship operated by Lindblad Expeditions. Built in 1982, the ship previously sailed as Lyngen for Hurtigruten.
Polar Star
POLAR STAR (IMO 6905745) was an expedition icebreaker built in 1969; the same hull later bore the name POLAR S and was scrapped in 2022.
Kapitan Dranitsyn
Kapitan Dranitsyn: a polar icebreaker delivered by the Helsinki shipyard in 1980; listed in a Quark Expeditions directory in 1998.
Ortelius
The Ortelius, operated by Oceanwide Expeditions, was originally named Marina Svetaeva and was built in Gdynia in 1989.
Professor Multanovskiy
Built in 1983, the research vessel was converted into an expedition ship in the 1990s. A planned 2003 voyage to the Falklands departed from and returned to Stanley.
Yamal
Quark Expeditions describes the Yamal as a Russian icebreaker sailing through Franz Josef Land.
Akademik Shokalskiy
Built in Turku in 1982, the Akademik Shokalskiy operated as a small expedition vessel in Arctic and Antarctic waters after serving as a research ship.
Marina Tsvetaeva
The m/v Ortelius was originally named Marina Svetaeva and was built in Gdynia in 1989. Today, it operates polar expeditions.
Skorpios III
Built in 1995, the Skorpios III sails the five-day Kaweskar route from Puerto Natales through the Patagonian fjords, with glacier hikes and boat excursions among icebergs.
Mare Australis
The Mare Australis (IMO 9265677) sailed between Punta Arenas and Ushuaia in 2009/10; the five-day, four-night itinerary included Zodiac excursions and planned landings in Patagonia.
Grigoriy Mikheev
Built in Finland in 1990, the Grigoriy Mikheev was a research vessel and expedition base for Antarctic voyages departing from Ushuaia.
