MS Otto Sverdrup (formerly MS Finnmarken) is named after a great Norwegian polar explorer who was a contemporary of famous Nansen and record-breaking Amundsen. Sverdrup also served as a Hurtigruten captain, and was captain of MS Lofoten, the first Hurtigruten ship to sail from Norway to Svalbar...
When MS Otto Sverdrup departed Hamburg, Germany, on itsmaiden voyage on August 24, Hurtigruten marked off three milestones: Introduction of Hurtigruten Expeditions’ third battery-hybrid powered cruise ship; Introduction of the first year-round expedition cruises from Germany; and a return of expeditio...
Note: Hurtigruten became the world's first ocean cruise company to resume passenger shipping operations (on June 16) when the ship Otto Sverdrup (Finnmarken) departed from Bergen to Kirkenes. Roald Amundsen resumed voyages on July 17 with 7-day roundtrips to Svalbard from Tromso. Facebook Twitte...
Fridtjof Nansen, together with the sistership Otto Sverdrup, operated 14-day roundtrips to Norway from Hamburg (Germany) scheduled through April 2022. For the repairs, Hurtigruten contracted Hydrex BV (Breda, North Brabant Netherlands-based maritime technology company) specializing in underwater repairs...