![]() That means we can cruise all year round in polar waters.” The highest ice rating of any passenger vessel ever built. It is a PC5 category A ice ship, a very high ice class. Captain Leif Skog, Lindblad's Vice P resident of Nautical, explained: “Endurance is indeed a very unique vessel. This will be a platform for gathering science that I believe and we all believe will be extremely valuable in increasing our knowledge of the world and all that is in it.”Īs her futuristic silhouette indicates, National Geographic Endurance will be an innovative ship. “We are very very focused on the intersection of travel and science. In addition, Endurance will have a scientific role. We didn't build the ship and then say where are we going? So these are geographies that we deeply want to show people,” “We built the ship based upon where we wanted to go. The line envisions Endurance as taking passengers deep into the polar regions. I would say it is really, really in our DNA.” You learn a lot about how you can visit these places without doing harm. You learn a lot about geography, you learn a lot about the kind of teams that are necessary to be in these places. “We have been at this a really, really long time. The third is the right hardware, the right ships that can accomplish the mission.” There is the importance of teams, navigators, expedition leaders, scientists, people who understand expectations of our guests, can stretch the possibilities while at the same time being within the parameters of safety. “From our perspective, there are three primary ingredients for a successful expedition: There is a deep understanding of geography, its possibilities and its limitations. ![]() It is not a sideline, it is not a new idea, it is what we have done for a very, very long time.” commented Sven Lindblad, CEO & President of Lindlad Expeditions. “Expedition travel is all we have ever done. Indeed, her name is a tribute to polar explorer Ernest Shacleton, who took a ship named Endurance on an expedition to Antarctica in 1914. National Geographic Endurance will be an expedition ship. The 12,300 gross ton ship is being built by Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein and is scheduled to go into service in 2020. ![]() On September 27, 2018, Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic unveiled plans for their forthcoming ship National Geographic Endurance.
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