Tag: Viking Cruises

Biofoul Growth on Cruise Ship Strands Hundreds of Australia

Hundreds of passengers have spent this New Year stranded off the coast of Australia on The Viking Cruise ship, the Orion, which was unable to dock for seven days due to the potentially harmful biofoul growing on its hull. According to the ship-tracking website, VesselFinder.com, the Orion didn’t dock for a week after it cast…


Viking Cruises Plans Epic Voyage From Duluth to Antarctica and South America

By Simon Peter Groebner Star Tribune   Cruise passengers boarding the Viking Polaris in Duluth, Minnesota, in the autumn of 2023 will embark on an epic 71-day, eight-country, three-continent voyage that includes stops in Canada, New York City and Mexico, a transit of the Panama Canal and a week in Antarctica, before disembarking in Argentina. Viking…