{"id":13282,"date":"2012-09-03T20:36:00","date_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/ms-hamburg-to-sail-antarctica-2\/"},"modified":"2012-09-03T20:36:00","modified_gmt":"2012-09-03T20:36:00","slug":"ms-hamburg-to-sail-antarctica-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2012\/09\/ms-hamburg-to-sail-antarctica-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MS Hamburg to Sail Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Kevin Griffin &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cybercruises.com\/articlesindex.htm\">The Cruise Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cybercruises.com\/images\/Vistamarplantours.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"249\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cybercruises.com\/images\/Vistamarplantours.jpg\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Plantours\u2019 Vistamar currently Orient Queen II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Following in the wake of Plantours\u2019 Vistamar in past years, its latest vessel, MS Hamburg, will also be offering a series of Antarctic cruises in 2012\/13. The Hamburg will offer three Antarctic cruises this winter, varying from 11 to 16 nights. Plantours\u2019 Vistamar currently Orient Queen II<\/p>\n<p>The first, on December 21, departs Buenos Aires and cruises the Antarctic Peninsula, finishing in Ushuaia. The second departs Ushuaia January 6, 2013 for a round-trip cruise to the Falkland Islands and the Antractic Peninsula. The third departs Ushuaia January 17, 2013, and cruises the Antarctic Peninsula and Chilean Fjords before terminating in Valparaiso.<\/p>\n<p>The two January cruises can also be combined for a 26-night cruise that includes all of the the Falkland Islands, two visits to the Antarctic Peninsula and the Chilean Fjords.<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cybercruises.com\/images\/columbus.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cybercruises.com\/images\/columbus.jpg\"><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hapag-Lloyd Cruises&#8217; Columbus currently<br \/>Plantours &#038; Partner&#8217;s MS <i>Hamburg<\/i>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The MS <i>Hamburg<\/i> was renamed in her namesake city of Hamburg on June 7. Formerly Hapag-Lloyd\u2019s <i>Columbus<\/i>, her capacity has been reduced slightly, from 420 to about 400 passengers.Hapag-Lloyd Cruises&#8217; <i>Columbus<\/i> currently Plantours &#038; Partner&#8217;s Hamburg It is about forty years now since Hamburg had a cruise ship named after it, when German Atlantic Line operated a ship of the same name. The last Hamburg was sold to the Black sea Shipping Company of Odessa and renamed <i>Maxim Gorkiy<\/i>. The Gorkiy was scrapped in 2009.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Kevin Griffin is managing director of specialist cruise agency The Cruise People Ltd in London, England. For further information concerning cruises mentioned in this article readers can visit his <a href=\"http:\/\/thecruisepeople.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Kevin Griffin &#8211; The Cruise Examiner Plantours\u2019 Vistamar currently Orient Queen II Following in the wake of Plantours\u2019 Vistamar in past years, its latest vessel, MS Hamburg, will also be offering a series of Antarctic cruises in 2012\/13. The Hamburg will offer three Antarctic cruises this winter, varying from 11 to 16 nights. 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