MV Clipper Adventurer
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MV Clipper Adventurer is an ice capable expedition cruise ship
operating commercial voyages to both polar regions, with Quark Expeditions of Norwalk, CT, USA. She is the sister ship to the MV Lyubov Orlova
. Built in 1975 in the former Yugoslavia
as the Alla Tarasova, she underwent an $13 million refit in 1998.
During the summer of 2009 Adventure Canada of Missauga, Ontario, Canada took clients into and out of the North West passage on the Clipper Adventurer.
On 27 August 2010, the Clipper Adventurer ran aground of a supposedly uncharted rock in the waters of Nunavut
's Coronation Gulf
during a cruise. It was later found that the rock was indeed a known hazard and had already been properly reported by the Canadian Hydrographic Service.
The salvage job was awarded to Resolve Marine Group, a Florida based Salvage company. On 18 September 2010 the ship was successfully towed into Cambridge Bay.
Cruise ship
A cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience, as well as the different destinations along the way...
operating commercial voyages to both polar regions, with Quark Expeditions of Norwalk, CT, USA. She is the sister ship to the MV Lyubov Orlova
MV Lyubov Orlova
MV Lyubov Orlova is a 1976 Yugoslavia-built ice-strengthened cruise ship.-History:Lyubov Orlova is named after Russian film star Lyubov Orlova. The ship was built for the Soviet Union based Far East Shipping Company. She now serves as a expedition cruise ship, like her sister...
. Built in 1975 in the former Yugoslavia
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
as the Alla Tarasova, she underwent an $13 million refit in 1998.
During the summer of 2009 Adventure Canada of Missauga, Ontario, Canada took clients into and out of the North West passage on the Clipper Adventurer.
On 27 August 2010, the Clipper Adventurer ran aground of a supposedly uncharted rock in the waters of Nunavut
Nunavut
Nunavut is the largest and newest federal territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the Northwest Territories on April 1, 1999, via the Nunavut Act and the Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act, though the actual boundaries had been established in 1993...
's Coronation Gulf
Coronation Gulf
Coronation Gulf lies between Victoria Island and mainland Nunavut in Canada. To the northwest it connects with Dolphin and Union Strait and thence the Beaufort Sea and Arctic Ocean; to the northeast it connects with Dease Strait and thence Queen Maud Gulf. To the southeast lies Bathurst...
during a cruise. It was later found that the rock was indeed a known hazard and had already been properly reported by the Canadian Hydrographic Service.
The salvage job was awarded to Resolve Marine Group, a Florida based Salvage company. On 18 September 2010 the ship was successfully towed into Cambridge Bay.