I-Viking Cruises isandula ukubhengeza ukumiliselwa kweViking Expeditions, isahluko esitsha esinomdla kwimbali yenkampani. Le ngalo intsha yohlobo oluya lukhula iya kugxila kuhambo lweenqanawa ezincinci ukuya eAntarctica nakwiGreat Lakes eMantla Melika.

IViking iya kuqala kolu hambo ngoJanuwari 2022 nge IViking Octantis , Inqanawa yePolar Class 6 ene-189 staterooms kwaye yenzelwe liqela elifanayo njenge Iinqanawa zayo zaphumelela elwandle . Inkqubo ye- I-Octantis kuya kulandelwa inqanawa yesibini, IViking Polaris , ngoAgasti 2022. Zombini iinqanawa ziya kuba zincinci ngokwaneleyo ukuba zingenza indlela emxinwa emanzi efana noMlambo iSt. Lawrence eCanada kodwa zinkulu ngokwaneleyo ukuba zingaphatha ulwandle oluvulekileyo. Ekugqibeleni, baya kunikezela ngeenqanawa ngeenqanawa zaseSvalbard zaseNorway, ecaleni konxweme lwaseBrazil, kunye nesiqithi esijikeleza iiCaribbean.

Iindwendwe zethu zingabahloli abanomdla, utshilo uTorstein Hagen, usihlalo weViking, kumsitho wokumiliselwa obubanjwe ngoLwesithathu ebusuku eBeverly Hilton eLos Angeles. Ngoku, ekwenzeni 'uhambo lomntu ocingayo,' sigqibezela uhambo lwaselwandle, kwaye siza kungenisa ixesha elitsha lokuhlola okuthe tye entliziyweni yaseMntla Melika.

Olu lutyelelo lokuqala lweViking kwingingqi yeLwandle oluKhulu, kwaye isibhengezo size nokuzinikela ekuqiniseni ukhenketho kunye nophuhliso lwezoqoqosho eMichigan, eMinnesota naseWisconsin. (Amachibi aMakhulu, ngesehlo, anemizuzu. I-T + L ibakhethe njengomnye wethu Iindawo ezi-50 ezigqibeleleyo zokuhamba ngo-2020 , njengakwimigca yokuhamba ngenqwelomoya ephezulu, kubandakanya nenkampani yaseFrance iPonant, engena kulo mmandla.) Ngokubhekisele kumava iindwendwe ekufuneka zilindelwe ebhodini, iViking idale intsebenziswano ekhethekileyo kunye neYunivesithi yaseCambridge esekwe eScott Polar Research Institute kunye neCornell Lab I-Ornithology (indawo ehamba phambili yophando ngeentaka), eya kuthi ihambelane nabaphandi abaphezulu ngenqanawa nganye, ukuze iindwendwe zilungiselelwe ngokupheleleyo kuhambo lwazo lonxweme. Ukongeza, iViking ibambisene noLawulo lweLwandle lweLwandle kunye neAtmospheric Administration (NOAA), izazinzulu eziza kujoyina uhambo kwiiGreat Lakes ukuqhuba uphando olujolise kutshintsho lwemozulu yommandla, imozulu, kunye nendawo eziphila kuyo. Izazinzulu ze-NOAA zinokubonelela ngezifundo malunga nendalo ekhethekileyo yamaLwandle amaKhulu kwiindwendwe zeViking kolu hambo.

Umgca weqela lama-25 lomntu oqinileyo we-Expedition uza kujoyina lonke uhambo. Ezi ngcali, ukusuka kwizazi zebhayoloji ukuya kwizazi zezityalo, ijioloji ukuya kwizazi zeglaciologists, kunye nabaqhubi beenqanawa baselwandle kunye nabafoti, babamba iintetho zemihla ngemihla kunye neenkcazo. Elunxwemeni, iindwendwe zinethuba lokuncedisa emsebenzini wasentsimini, oko kunokuthetha ukulandelela iipateni ezifudukayo zoonombombiya, okanye uhambo noososayensi njengoko beqokelela iisampulu ezahlukeneyo zezilwanyana nezilwanyana. Kwaye ngelixa zombini iinqanawa zenzelwe iimeko ezicelomngeni, amava ebhodini lelinye ilizwe, eneendawo zokutyela ezintandathu, i-spa, i-sauna, kunye ne-Aula-iholo eneefestile zomgangatho ophahleni kunye neembono ezingama-270 kwaye ziya kusebenza njenge indawo yezemfundo esembindini.

Uhambo lokuhamba ngenqanawa ayengeyiyo kuphela isihloko sencoko kumsitho wokuphehlelelwa. Emva komdlalo kaSissel Kyrkjebø, enye yeesopranos eziphambili kwihlabathi, wabiza ngokusemthethweni inqanawa entsha kuViking yolwandle, IViking Jupiter. Kwaye konke kwenzeka bukhoma nge-satellite, njengoko inqanawa yayihamba phakathi kweFalkland Islands kunye neCape Horn, ukusuka kwincam esemazantsi eChile. Thetha ngomkhankaso.