The new Ocean Albatros is entering service for Albatros Expeditions today.

After being delivered in late April, the vessel is setting sail on its first expedition cruise to the Arctic.

Departing from Longyearbyen, the eight-day journey explores Norway’s Svalbard Archipelago with an exact itinerary dependent on weather and ice conditions.

While the plan includes visits to several sites across the west coast of Svalbard, the expedition also has a goal of sailing as close as possible to the pack ice north of the archipelago.

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