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Hurtigruten Expeditions Donates to Alaska Wilderness League and Galápagos Conservancy to Protect Local Wildlife

18 November 2021 12:00

Seattle, WA (November 18, 2021) – Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world leader in exploration travel, will donate 1% of all North American bookings made in November and December for Alaska and the Galápagos to Alaska Wilderness League and Galápagos Conservancy, respectively, through its Hurtigruten Foundation.
Galápagos and Alaska are some of the latest additions to Hurtigruten Expeditions’ growin

First preview reveals record-breaking Hurtigruten Expeditions 2023/2024 season

28 October 2021 11:00

Deeper exploration of Antarctica, more ships in Canada’s Northwest Passage, off-the-beaten-track Alaska, more adventures in the cradle of expedition cruising, larger expedition teams and more activities. Here are the first details of Hurtigruten Expeditions’ 2023/24 expedition cruises.
Hurtigruten Expeditions – the world’s largest and leading expedition cruise line – has rapidly expanded the gl

Hurtigruten Expeditions' MS Fridtjof Nansen rated the world’s most sustainable cruise ship

27 October 2021 11:40

Hurtigruten Expeditions’ battery-hybrid powered MS Fridtjof Nansen has been named the safest and most sustainable cruise ship in the world.
Scope ESG Analysis, the leading European provider of ESG analysis, has done the first in-depth assessment of 400 cruise ships focusing on a combination of safety and sustainability.
On top of the list: Hurtigruten Expeditions’ battery-hybrid powered expe

Remote communities encouraged to apply for funding through Hurtigruten Foundation

14 October 2021 10:38

Deadline for 2021 application submissions is November 1st.
Communities along coastal areas and remote destinations, where leading adventure travel company Hurtigruten Group explores, are encouraged to apply for funding through the Hurtigruten Foundation.
Hurtigruten Foundation aims to create a lasting, positive impact in the remote places Hurtigruten Group operates by empowering guests to en

Hurtigruten Expeditions returns to Antarctica with two ships – both departing from Chile

29 September 2021 13:52

Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world's leading and largest expedition cruise company, returns to Antarctica with the battery-hybrid powered MS Roald Amundsen, and MS Fram. Both will once again bring guests to explore the White Continent as of November and December, departing from Punta Arenas, Chile.

First-ever Hurtigruten Expeditions UK sailing departs from Dover

23 September 2021 08:00

Expedition ship MS Maud embarks on inaugural UK departure for Hurtigruten Expeditions, the only ship of its kind to offer year-round expedition sailings from the UK.

Named with ice ‘next to the North Pole’: Battery-hybrid powered cruise ship named in world’s northernmost ceremony

14 September 2021 18:00

Hurtigruten Expeditions’ battery-hybrid powered MS Fridtjof Nansen has made history with the northernmost naming ceremony for a passenger ship – at the location where expedition cruising began in 1896.

Hurtigruten Expeditions reveals two godmothers for battery hybrid powered MS Fridtjof Nansen

8 September 2021 13:00

Hurtigruten Expeditions has appointed two seasoned exploration and environmental pioneers as godmothers of battery-hybrid powered MS Fridtjof Nansen: Canadian Sunniva Sørby and Norwegian Hilde Fålun Strøm.

Hurtigruten Expeditions marks 125 years of exploring by naming battery hybrid powered MS Fridtjof Nansen on Svalbard

2 September 2021 11:00

In 1896, Hurtigruten Expeditions founded expedition cruising. 125 years later, what has grown to become the world’s leading and largest expedition cruise line is naming its battery-hybrid powered MS Fridtjof Nansen in the birthplace of expedition cruising – on the Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard.

Hurtigruten Expeditions adds Russia as its latest cruise destination

26 August 2021 00:00

The world leader in exploration travel will launch expedition cruises to Russia’s White Sea – combined with exploration of Murmansk, the UNESCO-listed Solovetsky Islands, and Norway’s North Cape

Hurtigruten Expeditions adds third battery hybrid powered ship as expedition cruising resumes

24 August 2021 10:00

Hurtigruten Expeditions continues to push boundaries for green travel: As expedition cruising restarts, the world leader in exploration travel introduces the expedition cruise line’s third battery-hybrid powered ship - MS Otto Sverdrup.

Hurtigruten Expeditions launches African cruises

10 August 2021 10:00

The world leader in exploration travel will be the only expedition cruise line to explore the African West Coast next year and introduces four new countries to its jam-packed 2022/23 season
Hurtigruten Expeditions, the world’s leading expedition cruise line, is responding to guest demand for more warm water destinations by adding the West Coast of Africa and its unique archipelagos – the Bissag