MV Lyubov Orlova is a 1976 Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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-built ice-strengthened cruise ship.

History

Lyubov Orlova is named after Russian

Russians

The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....

 film star Lyubov Orlova

Lyubov Orlova

Lyubov Petrovna Orlova, was the first recognized star of Soviet cinema, famous theatre actress and a gifted singer.She was born to a middle class family in Zvenigorod near Moscow and grew up in Yaroslavl...

. The ship was built for the Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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 based Far East Shipping Company

Far East Shipping Company

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. She now serves as a expedition cruise ship, like her sister . Her hull is built to withstand impacts with ice, and she often sails in Antarctica and other polar regions. Lyubov Orlova was refurbished in 1999 and underwent extensive renovations in 2002. In recent years, she has been chartered by Quark Expeditions

Quark Expeditions

Quark Expeditions was founded in 1991 by Lars Wikander and Mike McDowell, specializing in expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic aboard purpose-built expedition vessels. In 1998, Lars Wikander became the majority owner of the company....

 for the Antarctic and Cruise North Expeditions for the Arctic.

Incidents

Lyubov Orlova ran aground at Deception Island on 27 November 2006. She was towed off by Spanish Navy icebreaker

Icebreaker

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, Las Palmas and made her own way to Ushuaia

Ushuaia

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In September 2010, Lyubov Orlova was seized at St John's, Newfoundland

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

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due to debts of US$251,000 owed to the charterer, Cruise North Expeditions, from a cancelled cruise due to faults with the ship. In addition, the 51 crew members had not been paid in five months. Lyubov Orlova is no longer listed on the Quark Expeditions website.