![]() ![]() Ice class: 1D (Plancius has a Lloyds class notation 100A1 Passenger ship, Ice Class 1D at a draught of 5 meters) The vessel was completely rebuilt as a passenger vessel in 2009. The ship sailed for the Dutch Navy until June 2004 and was eventually purchased by Oceanwide Expeditions. The „M/V “Plancius” was built in 1976 as an oceanographic research vessel for the Royal Dutch Navy and was named “Hr. Length: 91, 2 meters, beam: 17, 6 meters, draft: 5, 8 meters and an average cruising speed of 12 knots. The ship carries a fleet of 11 zodiacs which can be launched within minutes and offers the possibility to take all passengers on a zodiac cruise when wildlife opportunities arise. The voyages are primarily developed to offer passengers a quality exploratory wildlife program and the open-deck spaces, which makes her ideal for viewing wildlife. On board the Ortelius they offer a comfortable hotel standard, with two restaurants, a bar/lounge and a special, well equipped, lecture room. For the Arctic she will have 8 expedition staff (1 expedition leader and 7 guides/lecturers) and 1 doctor. The vessel is manned by 20 highly experienced nautical crew and 19 international hotel crew, including stewardesses. MV Ortelius is at the moment the strongest ship operating in the polar expedition cruising. The vessel has the highest ice-class notation (UL1 equivalent to 1A) and is therefore very suitable to navigate in solid one-year sea ice and multi-year drift ice. At that time the atlas was the most expensive book ever printed. (1527 – 1598) and published the first modern world atlas, the Theatrum Orbis Terrarum or the, Theatre of the World in 1570. Abraham Ortelius was a Dutch / Flemish cartographer. The vessel is re-flagged and renamed “Ortelius”. ![]() ![]() The „ MV Ortelius” was built in Gdynia, Poland in 1989, was named “Marina Svetaeva” and served as a special purpose vessel for the Russian Academy of Science. All ships have a large bridge which is always open to passengers and the decks are ideal for photography from the ship, as well as excellent places to watch for wildlife. The cabins are spacious and all have portholes or windows. They are comfortable and take relatively few passengers and they serve high standard delicious meals. They all meet the international safety regulations. The expedition ships I am working on in the Arctic are ice strengthened vessels for navigating safely in the sea ice. ![]()
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