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The ship was
built by Wärtsilä in Finland in 1969 and joined the Swedish Baltic fleet of
icebreakers under the name
of “Njord”. She went through a major rebuilding
and modernization in Sweden in 1988. Karlsen Shipping Norway A/S
bought Njord from the Swedish Government in April 2000 and renamed her MV Polar
Star after one of the veterans
who has served in the arctic fleet of
Karlsen. The ship is in excellent condition.
The Polar Star is the first icebreaker to be fully converted to expedition
cruising, and will as such rank high among the
small fleet of arctic
expedition cruise ships. All the cabins are facing out and have a window.
The ship has a comfortable
dining hall, a large panorama lounge, a lecture
room, a library and a saloon bar. She is specially equipped for expedition
cruising in polar waters and has a fleet of zodiacs, (inflatable rubber
boats), available for the excursions.
We have a non-smoking policy onboard MV "Polar Star", and smoking is allowed
on deck only.
All major credit cards (VISA, MasterCard, Amex) are accepted onboard the
ship. The currency accepted onboard is
Norwegian Kroner, Euro and Dollars.
Mobile phones do not work after leaving/sailing out of Longyearbyen.
If anything urgent happens at home, they can
contact Spitsbergen Travel that will forward the
message (they have satellite telephone on board).
Spitsbergen Expedition Cruise
MV Polar Star
Deck Plan
Cabin description
Amenities
Deck
plan in PDF |
