TRAVELAGENT INFORMATION FOR WITH2019/2020 THE WORLD LEADER Norway | Antarctica | Arctic | North & South America | Europe Dawn of a New Era Hybrid ships will revolutionize adventure travel at sea 1 GREENLAND Sense the power of NORTHWEST PASSAGE nature and learn about SVALBARD Join us where history was the remarkable people ICELAND Remote, beautiful and made, where the true story that inhabit the area. of Arctic exploration rests. The mythical land isolated, the Svalbard of fire and ice, islands are the crown with glaciers and of Arctic Norway. volcanoes, spout- Thule ing geysers and FRANZ JOSEF BERING BEAUFORT GREENLAND cascading falls. LAND SEA Beechey Island Dundas SVALBARD STRAIT Point Myggbukta RUSSIA Barrow Gjøa Haven Pond FRANZ JOSEF Scoresbysund Inlet LANDBjørnøya Fort Ross Upernavik Fjord System SVALBARD Smoking Nome Hills KangerlussuaqThule ALASKA Ny-Ålesund Tromsø BEAUFORT BERING GREENLAND LongyearbyenSvolvær SEA Beechey Island Dundas Reykjavík North Cape STRAIT Point Ulukhaktok Myggbukta RUSSIA Barrow Ilulissat Jan Mayen Gjøa Haven Murmansk Pond Hubbart Glacier Scoresbysund Inlet Bjørnøya Fort Ross Upernavik Fjord System Explore Cambridge Bay ALASKA Smoking 66°33'N ARCTIC CIRCLE St. Matthew Sitka Hills Nome Kangerlussuaq Ny-Ålesund Island Bergen Tromsø RUSSIA Umivik LongyearbyenSvolvær St. Paul Reykjavik NorthNORWAY Cape Ulukhaktok Kodiak Ketchikan CANADA The original, year-round Dutch Harbor Nuuk Ilulissat Jan Mayen ICELAND Murmansk Igaliku NORWAY coastal voyage since 1893 Hubbart Glacier Hvalsey Cambridge Bay Kragerø Sitka 66°33'N ARCTIC CIRCLE St. Matthew Vancouver the world Island Québec City Faroe Islands Bergen RUSSIA Umivik Hamburg St. Paul ALASKA/CANADA/ Amsterdam EUROPE Kodiak Ketchican CANADA DutchNORTH Harbor AMERICA Nuuk St. Anthony ICELAND From tourist to traveller. Our sailings offer Igaliku NORWAY A great way to discover NORTH Shetland Islands Belle-Île everything from sleepy NORTH Bonne Bay PACIFIC HvalseyMagdalen Islands Kragerø “the old world” in a short southern charmOCEAN to remote amount of time. Vancouver YarmouthHalifax Bilbao Québec City Faroe Islands EUROPE nature reserves. AMERICA Azores New York Hamburg with uS Amsterdam USA St. Anthony Miami Lisbon NORTH Shetland Islands Belle-Île NORTH Bonne Bay PACIFIC Magdalen IslandsNORTH OCEAN ATLANTIC Halifax Bilbao EUROPE AMERICACozumel Yarmont OCEAN Azores Canary Islands –––– Hurtigruten is an exploration company in New York Madeira USA Miami the truest sense of the word; our mission is to MEXICO Lisbon CARIBBEAN/ NORTH CENTRAL AMERICA bring adventurers to remote natural beauty in ATLANTIC Puerto Limón Cozumel OCEAN For adventures far be- AFRICA distant corners of the world. Our experience in San Blas Islands yond ordinaryMadeira cruises, Canary Islands try exploring Caribbean COSTA RICA PANAMA the field is unparalleled, and we draw on this MEXICO the “Hurtigruten way”. Puntarenas Kralendijk unique heritage to guide our fleet of advanced EQUATOR Bridgetown GALAPÁGOS Puerto Limón ECUADOR BARBADOS AFRICA expedition ships to unforgettable wilderness ISLANDS San Blas Islands PANAMA experiences in some of the most difficult to COSTA RICA Manta PERU Machu Picchu SOUTH reach places on Earth. Puntarenas EQUATOR Santa Cruz Island AMERICA SOUTH GALAPAGOS ECUADOR ATLANTIC ISLANDS OCEAN Callao/Lima We provide explorers with Manta PERUArica When and where Machu Picchu SOUTH SOUTH AMERICA the chance to travel with SOUTH we Explore Santa Cruz Island AMERICA We offer amazing 2019 2020 PACIFIC March April May June July Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. March OCEAN URUGUAY destinations, pristine Callao/Lima Antofagasta meaning. Our journeys are Montevideo nature and the mystery NORWAY ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ MS Fridtjof Nansen Arica of lost civilisations. ANTARCTICA ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ MS Roald Amundsen CHILE created for adventurers who ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Valparaíso ICELAND MS Fram SOUTH ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ PACIFIC ARGENTINA GREENLAND OCEAN URUGUAY SOUTH value learning and personal MS Spitsbergen Antofagasta ATLANTIC ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Castro SVALBARD* Puerto Montevideo OCEAN MS Midnatsol Madryn NORTHWEST PASSAGE ■ ■ ■ ■ Falkland Islands growth over luxury. NORTH AMERICA & CANADA ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Valparaíso CHILE ARGENTINA South Georgia CARIBBEAN & CENTRAL AMERICA ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Puerto Edén Ushuaia SOUTH AMERICA ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Castro ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ARCTIC TRAVERSE Punta Arenas Falkland Islands ANTARCTICA Cape Horn EUROPE ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ South Orkney The coldest and cleanest Islands continent on Earth, in the South Georgia * Land adventures on Svalbard all year round Puerto Edén Ushuaia most remote area of the world. DRAKE PASSAGE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA 66°33'S ANTARCTICPunta Arenas CIRCLE Cape Horn South Orkney Islands DRAKE PASSAGE ANTARCTIC PENINSULA 66°33'S ANTARCTIC CIRCLE Challenge your client’s perceptions and expectations Why sell – We promise an adventure! Hurtigruten When people want to see places off the beaten path, you should sell them an expedition with Hurtigruten. © KARSETN BISTRUP Choose from different itineraries, ships and tailor- made journeys designed to fit every explorer. Hurtigruten offers amazing experiences of nature in remote corners of the world. These expeditions are based on our OUR EXPEDITIONS are led by OUR FLEET is committed to serving GUESTS CAN ENGAGE unique 125-years heritage, and served superbly skilled and experienced fresh food, with a focus on locally in authentic and breathtaking Hurtigruten captains and crew who produced ingredients and as few experiences. We offer more than by our fleet of advanced, intimately-scaled sail with a deep respect for the power transportation miles as possible. 200 excursions during our sailings of nature. and more than 50 exciting Land expedition ships. GUESTS are expanding horizons Adventures before or after the OUR CREW are experts in with the help of our international cruise. challenging conditions, with Expedition team. They are highly years of experience and vast trained experts who serve as your LEAVING A SMALLER knowledge of the environment. hosts on board, during landings, and FOOTPRINT on shore. At Hurtigruten, we seek to minimise WE DESIGN our ships with the negative impact of our opera- safety, comfort and environmental UNLIKE OTHER EXPEDITION tions. This is why we put great effort protection as our guiding principles. ships, our tender boats launch from into enhancing our destinations, That’s why we’ve built the world’s the lower decks. This creates safer strengthening our environmental first hybrid explorer ships: and smoother embarkations. initiatives, and running a responsible MS Roald Amundsen and and sustainable operation. © ARNE KARSTENS ARNE © MS Fridtjof Nansen. 4 5 “Now you can explore pristine wilderness on hybrid power. It’s an unbelievable experience Hybrid explorer and a great step forward for sustainable travel”. KARIN STRAND Field Operation & Expedition Teams Manager ships will revolutionize Hurtigruten’s two new hybrid powered expedition ships combine 125 years of know-how travel at sea with spectacular design and cutting-edge technology. Hurtigruten’s two new hybrid more advanced expedition ships, powered expedition ships are custom built to explore some of combining 125years of know-how the most spectacular areas of our with cutting-edge technology and planet. spectacular destinations. Large battery packs enables peri- Being world leader in exploration ods of all-electric operation. But travel comes with a responsibility. more important, the clean battery Sustainability is the core of every power will support the propulsion part of the Hurtigruten operation and hotel operation from minute to and experience. minute – and substantially reduce fuel consumption and emissions. By constructing the world’s first battery hybrid powered expedition In addition to advanced green ships, Hurtigruten introduces technology, ice strengthened hull the next generation of adventure and the latest safety equipment, travel. large observation decks, all outside staterooms and suites, infinity Named after two of the great- pool, three restaurants, Wellness est heroes in Polar history, MS area and an immersive Science Roald Amundsen and MS Fridtjof Center, the world’s first hybrid Nansen are greener, safer and powered expedition ships will offer MS FRIDTJOF NANSEN the modern-day adventure traveler unprecedented experiences. Launch summer 2019 Our crew and Expedition team don’t take guests cruising, they take them exploring, to get closer to nature in the most environmen- tal friendly way. MS ROALD AMUNDSEN Launch spring 2019 © ALL IMAGES HURTIGRUTEN IMAGES ALL © 6 7 Premium travellers Well-travelled careerists with large travelling budgets. 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