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World Explorer – Embarkation Day Malta
Thursday 10th September, the World Explorer sailed into the Grand Harbour of Valletta. Ivan Mifsud, Managing Director of Mifsud Brothers Ltd. (MBL) and his team were at Valletta Cruise Port waiting to welcome Mystic Cruises’ first ship, launched in 2019 by Carla Bruni Sarkozy. (more…)
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Quark Expeditions, the recognized Leader in Polar Adventures, released details of its Arctic 2022 season line-up of voyages that are designed to immerse travelers in the splendid isolation of the remote Arctic. (more…)
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Quark Expeditions, the Leader in Polar Adventure, has introduced a ground-breaking expedition program in Greenland capitalizing on Ultramarine’s two twin-engine helicopters, dual heli-decks and a first-ever partnership with local communities in South Greenland that will offer off-ship adventure options (included in the trip package) exclusive to Quark Expeditions. (more…)
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Ultramarine Launched at Brodosplit (Credit: EdoStuff Aviation)
The launching of the polar expedition ship Ultramarine contracted with the US company Quark Expeditions, a member of Travelopia Group at the Brodosplit shipyard (Split, Croatia) under the build number 487. (more…)
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Making of an Expedition: Severnaya Zemlya
Quark Expeditions is completing preparations to take passengers to the remote Russian archipelago of Severnaya Zemlya —the last major territorial discovery on the planet. (more…)
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Quark Expeditions today announced that their much-anticipated polar vessel, Ultramarine, is ready for booking for an inaugural Arctic season with voyages to Spitsbergen, Greenland, the Canadian Arctic. (more…)
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On November 24th 2003, nearly 16 years ago, Quark Expeditions®, the leader in polar adventures, became the first and only operator to successfully lead a total solar eclipse voyage in Antarctica. (more…)
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Quark Expeditions announced today a one-week-only Antarctic flash sale with up to 50% off remaining cabins on voyages for their upcoming 2019/20 sailing season. (more…)
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For the first time, a coin ceremony was held at Brodosplit where the coin was welded to the keel of a polar cruise ship which will carry the name “Ultramarine”. (more…)
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Quark Expeditions has revealed more details on its 199-guest Ultramarine, a newbuild set to launch in time for the 2020-2021 Antarctica season. Quark has shown off new exterior and interior renderings for the vessel, currently under construction at Brodosplit in Croatia. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Quark Expeditions today announced the name of their new polar expedition ship scheduled to set sail late in 2020. The technologically-advanced vessel will be named Ultramarine, the company said. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Quark Expeditions is celebrating its 30th year with the launch of its new Antarctic 2020-2021 season, with 29 departures and seven different itineraries. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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V.Ships Leisure, part of V.Group, the leading global marine support services provider, has partnered with Mystic Cruises to provide crew management services including deck, engine, and hotel crew for the 9,300 GRT ice-classed vessel World Explorer. (more…)
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Mystic Cruises has announced that former French First Lady Carla Bruni will be the godmother of its first ship, the World Explorer, which will be christened April 6 in Portugal. Bruni, who married then French President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2008, had a long and successful career as a supermodel, before embracing music both as a singer and as a songwriter. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Quark Expeditions has announced its 2020 lineup now includes two 14-day Arctic expeditions featuring visits to the North Pole, according to a press release. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Quark Expeditions, the leader in polar adventures for three decades, celebrated the steel-cutting of its pioneering new ship today (Jan.28), launching an exciting new chapter in polar exploration. (more…)
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Quark Expeditions today (Ja.23) announced a new partnership with Passport Online, where exclusive trips to the Arctic and Antarctica are now available to thousands of travel agency websites. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Quark Expeditions will up its game in the Arctic for the summer 2020 season as the company has announced a number of departures on the new 200-guest World Explorer from Mystic Cruises. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Mystic Cruises is expanding its push into the ocean-going expedition market and has ordered two more 9,300-ton 200-guest expedition vessels from the West Sea shipyard in Portugal. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The 176-passenger World Explorer, expected from Portugal’s WestSea Viana Shipyard this month, is now set to arrive in summer 2019. (expeditioncruising.com)
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Brodosplit has entered into an agreement to construct a groundbreaking new polar expedition ship for Quark Expeditions, a member of the Travelopia group and the Leader in Polar Adventures. (more…)
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Nicko Cruises announced it is partnering with Quark Expeditions to offer two different 14-day Antarctica cruises this coming season aboard the new World Explorer. Being built in Portugal, the new 200-guest ship debuts this winter for Quark on a charter basis, while Nicko Cruises breaks into the ocean market with the ship in Europe for summer 2019. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Quark Expeditions has announced its summer 2019 program in the Arctic, including sailings to five regions: Greenland, Canada’s High Arctic, the Northwest Passage and the North Pole. In addition to the expedition team that sails on each trip, the off-ship experience is enhanced by Quark’s collection of so-called Adventure Options. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The World Explorer, a 200-passenger expedition ship owned by Mystic Cruises, is starting to take shape ahead of a fourth quarter delivery at West Sea Shipyard in Portugal. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Quark Expeditions has announced the appointment of Ed Bonner as Vice President of Product. In this newly created position, Bonner will oversee Quark Expeditions’ growth plans, leading all product, brand strategy and customer experience activities. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The newbuilding arm of Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement will provide technical consultancy and newbuild supervision services to support construction of the hybrid-powered MS World Explorer. (bunkerspot.com)
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WestSea Shipyard in Portugal saw a major milestone on Friday as steel was cut for the World Explorer, first in a series of expedition ships being constructed by Mario Ferreira’s Mystic Cruises and Mystic Invest companies. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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As first reported by Cruise Industry News last week, Mystic Cruises today confirmed a newbuild under construction at Portugal’s WestSea Yard, part of Martifer Group. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Add West Sea shipyard in Portugal to the list of yards welcoming their first cruise ship building projects as an expedition newbuilding program is well underway. Quark Expeditions recently announced the addition of a new expedition cruise vessel for the 2018-2019 Antarctica season, the World Explorer, which will be the first in a series of 176-passenger ships built in Portugal. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Quark Expeditions has announced its 2018-2019 Antarctica program which is being highlighted by the World Explorer, a new luxury expedition cruise vessel. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The Ocean Adventurer has been upgraded at Ulstein Verft in Norway in time for her summer season in the Arctic with Quark Expeditions. All main equipment and engines have been replaced, and the accommodation capacity has been increased. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Renowned photographer Paul Nicklen can’t wait for July 2017, when he’ll be aboard our July 20th North Pole voyage for a rare and specially-themed North Pole Summit. You’ll join Paul and 6 other international thought-leaders to share and listen to different perspectives on everything from environmental conservation to pursuing your dreams.
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Ulstein Verft in Norway has signed a contract for the modernisation and upgrading of the expedition cruise ship Sea Adventurer owned by Adventurers Partners and operated by Quark Expeditions. (expeditioncruising.com)
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Ulstein Verft has signed a contract for conversion work on the expedition cruise vessel Sea Adventurer, owned by Adventurers Partner Ltd. and operated by Quark Expeditions. (shippax.com)
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Not content to let its regional neighbour Ulukhaktok have all the cruise ship action, the small N.W.T. community of Sachs Harbour welcomed about 100 visitors of its own Wednesday. (cbc.ca)
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Join Quark September 21 at 1pm ET for a webinar to explore your travel goals and how different Antarctic seasons, destinations, adventure options and itineraries can help you achieve them, with guidance from the polar travel specialists at Quark Expeditions.
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Effective Aug 1 – 30 Sep 2016, all Antarctic Voyages departing between November 2016 and February 2017 are up to $2,500 off with SELECT voyages qualifying for an Additional Savings Bonus of up to $3,500 off. (more…)
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With the newly expanded “Fly the Drake program”, time-constrained travelers can experience the best of Antarctica in as little as one week! Diverse Fly the Drake voyages enable passengers to skip Drake Passage sailings entirely – now with itineraries ranging from 7 to 11 days. (more…)
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Leading expedition travel companies — International Expeditions, Quark Expeditions® and Zegrahm Expeditions are pleased to announce a three-year joint collaboration with The Nature Conservancy. (expeditioncruising.com)
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We are pleased to announce the release of our new 25th anniversary 2016.17 brochure for adventure travelers. (more…)
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