Utahborn Posted March 5, 2023 #1 Share Posted March 5, 2023 (edited) The attached itinerary appeared on the internet but I cannot find out who offers this cruise. Does anyone know who may offer this cruise? Edited March 5, 2023 by Utahborn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted March 5, 2023 #2 Share Posted March 5, 2023 14 hours ago, Utahborn said: The attached itinerary appeared on the internet but I cannot find out who offers this cruise. Does anyone know who may offer this cruise? My memory says that Crystal Cruises offered that VERY EXPENSIVE itinerary before the pandemic. (Also before they went bankrupt and were acquired by A&K...) I cannot find any trace of it on their website. I don't know if they ever actually sailed the route... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ferry_Watcher Posted March 5, 2023 #3 Share Posted March 5, 2023 Maybe Hurtigruten? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utahborn Posted March 6, 2023 Author #4 Share Posted March 6, 2023 9 hours ago, Ferry_Watcher said: Maybe Hurtigruten? I just looked at their website but there was nothing like this. They do have some very intriguing cruises though. Thanks for the comment. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTNest93 Posted March 6, 2023 #5 Share Posted March 6, 2023 I did a reverse photo search on Google and found this: https://oceanfdn.org/the-arctic-a-region-of-future-conflict-or-cooperation/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crystalspin Posted March 6, 2023 #6 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) @MTNest93's link led me to https://theworld.org/stories/2016-05-04/arctic-opening-business-summer-when-cruise-ship-plies-northwest-passage Confirming that it was indeed Crystal's Serenity that was set to sail that itinerary. I still don't know if they ever did -- what was the timing of their bankruptcy and defaulting on customers? There was a direct link to a NYT article as well, but it was behind a paywall. I cut the NYT headline and pasted it to a Google search which brought up the above link. Another write-up: https://d3.harvard.edu/platform-rctom/submission/crystal-cruises-llc-exploiting-climate-change-or-making-the-best-of-an-unfortunate-opportunity/ This one does imply the route was sailed, as it refers in past tense to the escort ship necessary for potential hazards. Edited March 6, 2023 by crystalspin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare GeezerCouple Posted March 7, 2023 #7 Share Posted March 7, 2023 1 hour ago, crystalspin said: @MTNest93's link led me to https://theworld.org/stories/2016-05-04/arctic-opening-business-summer-when-cruise-ship-plies-northwest-passage Confirming that it was indeed Crystal's Serenity that was set to sail that itinerary. I still don't know if they ever did -- what was the timing of their bankruptcy and defaulting on customers? There was a direct link to a NYT article as well, but it was behind a paywall. I cut the NYT headline and pasted it to a Google search which brought up the above link. Another write-up: https://d3.harvard.edu/platform-rctom/submission/crystal-cruises-llc-exploiting-climate-change-or-making-the-best-of-an-unfortunate-opportunity/ This one does imply the route was sailed, as it refers in past tense to the escort ship necessary for potential hazards. I don't remember which year it was (not too long before Covid hit), but there was at least one cruise that planned to do the full northern passage and it couldn't go all the way because of ice. Passengers were flown from some midpoint back to a large airport/city somewhere (Canada? Northern USA?). It sounded like it would be a spectacular itinerary. Maybe some other time... GC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakman58 Posted March 7, 2023 #8 Share Posted March 7, 2023 That was Internet click bait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Destiny0315 Posted April 11, 2023 #9 Share Posted April 11, 2023 https://www.highnorthnews.com/en/no-more-crystal-serenity-northwest-passage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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