Tag: MS Roald Amundsen

• Monday, August 3rd 2020 - 10:12 UTC

  Hurtigruten line efforts to re launch cruises torpedoed by virus outbreak on MS Roald Amundsen

  

  At least 40 passengers and crew from a luxury cruise liner have tested positive for COVID-19 and the authorities are still trying to trace a number of passengers from two recent Arctic voyages, public health officials in Norway said on Sunday.

• Monday, February 24th 2020 - 07:01 UTC

  MS Roald Amundsen makes history as it reaches the ice edge at 70º south

  

  Cruise vessel Roald Amundsen has been involved in a history-making event as it has travelled the furthest south of any Hurtigruten company ship in the expedition cruise line's 127 years of business, the company said, in a statement.

• Friday, December 15th 2017 - 08:38 UTC

  Falklands' call for “the world's greenest cruise ship”, MS Roald Amundsen

  

  From an environmental perspective, it’s easy to see how cruise ships have long been one of the harshest modes of travel. They’re big, slow, fuel-hungry, and rife with excess. However, forward-thinking cruise line Hurtigruten is looking to change the game with the launch of what they’re calling “the world’s greenest cruise ship.”