{"id":17931,"date":"2014-09-06T02:49:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-06T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/silver-explorer-completes-northwest-passage\/"},"modified":"2014-09-06T02:49:00","modified_gmt":"2014-09-06T02:49:00","slug":"silver-explorer-completes-northwest-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2014\/09\/silver-explorer-completes-northwest-passage\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Explorer completes Northwest Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Luxury expedition cruise specialist Silversea’s 132-guest Silver Explorer<\/i> has successfully completed the company’s first-ever journey through the legendary Northwest Passage. <\/p>\n

The 23-day voyage commenced in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland on 9 August 2014 and concluded in Nome, Alaska on 1 September 2014. It covered a distance of nearly 3,500 nautical miles, following a route through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago similar to Roald Amundsen’s momentous east-to-west expedition of 1903 to 1906, the first successful navigation by boat through the passage. <\/p>\n

“Sailing the Northwest Passage is an experience reserved for true adventurers and dedicated explorers,” said Conrad Combrink, Silversea’s Director of Expedition Planning and Strategic Development. <\/p>\n

“We are honoured to know that what was once an unfulfilled dream for such renowned explorers as Captain James Cook, Henry Hudson, and many others, is now a successful chapter in the history of Silversea Expeditions.” <\/p>\n

The Northwest Passage is famous for its shallow channels and floating ice. Although summer ice conditions have permitted a number of successful transits since Amundsen’s expedition, the passage can still present challenges. The small-sized Silver Explorer, with her shallow draft, ice-strengthened hull, 1A ice class certification, and Captain Alexander Golubev at the helm, is well suited to take on such missions. <\/p>\n

“It’s a special privilege to sail through the world’s most elusive and historic waterways. Such a journey requires careful and meticulous planning at every stage,” said Golubev, who has led over 50 voyages to the Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland. <\/p>\n

In an abundance of caution, Captain Golubev enlisted the services of an icebreaker to escort Silver Explorer through a critical portion of the route. <\/p>\n

“I’m pleased that all our strategising and preparations resulted in success for Silversea’s first-ever Northwest Passage expedition, and I’m very grateful to be among a small group of mariners who have experienced such an extraordinary opportunity during their careers.” <\/p>\n

Silversea<\/a> is a member of the Association of Arctic Expedition Cruise Operators<\/a> (AECO), dedicated to managing respectable, environmentally friendly and safe expedition cruising in the Arctic. <\/p>\n

For more information contact your travel professional or Silversea Cruises on +61 2 9255 0600<\/a> or 1300 306 872 (Australia) or 0800 701 427 (New Zealand), or visit www.silversea.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

#expeditioncruising\u00a0\u00a0 Silver Explorer in Greenland (Silversea) Luxury expedition cruise specialist Silversea’s 132-guest Silver Explorer has successfully completed the company’s first-ever journey through the legendary Northwest Passage. The 23-day voyage commenced in Kangerlussuaq, Greenland on 9 August 2014 and concluded in Nome, Alaska on 1 September 2014. It covered a distance of nearly 3,500 nautical miles, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-silversea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}