Ordered Northsea S Length 71 m Draft 4.4 m | Builder Svendborg Skibsværft Weight 2,213 tons | |
Name Disko (1968–2000)
Shearwater (2000–2001)
Brand Polaris (2001–2003)
Viking Polaris (2003–2005)
Polaris (since 2005) Owner 1968–1987 Northsea S
1987–1993 Carrier Vesterhavet IS & A / N Petersen A / S
1993–1996 Royal Arctic Line A / S
1996–1997 KNI-Service A / S
1997–2000 Greenland Tourism
2000–2001 Scandinavian Cruise Line
2001–2001 Viking Polaris
2000–2001 Gallion Shipping
2001–2004 Viking Polaris
2004–2004 Silvero Shipping
2005–2013 Murmansk Shipping
2013 onwards Russia Government Sakhalin Region Operator 1968–1993 The Royal Greenland Trading Department
1993–1996 Royal Arctic Line
1993–1996 KNI-Service
1996–2000 Greenland Tourism
2000–2000 Dala Rederi
2000–2001 Betz eft.
2001–2003 Viking Polaris
2003–2003 Sophlex Ship Management
2003–2004 Swedish Adventure Cruises
2004–2004 J. Gran & Co. A/S Shipbrokers
2004–2004 NB Maritime Management Cyprus
2005–2013 Murmansk Shipping
2013 onwards Sakhalin-Kurily JSC Port of registry 1968–1987 Copenhagen, Denmark
1987–1993 Aalborg, Denmark
1993–1996 Mantiitsoq, Greenland
1996–1999 Aalborg, Denmark
1999–2000 Nakskov, Denmark
2000–2004 Nassau, Bahamas
2004–2004 Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
2005–2013 Murmansk, Russia
2013 onwards Korsakov, Russia | ||
MS Polaris is a Russian-owned, Danish-built passenger ship currently in service with the Murmansk Shipping Company and based in Murmansk. It was built in 1968, and until 2000, it served as a ferry between cities in Greenland, mainly passenger transfers along the Greenland coastline before transferring to the Bahamas, then Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, presumably as a tourist ship. Finally, it moved to Russia where it is based today.
It holds 80 passengers and is equipped with a lounge with bar, as well as a library, covered deck, outside deck and a gift shop. It was renovated at Tallinn, Estonia in 2005 and now offers cruises in the Barents Sea and transfers from Murmansk to St. Petersburg, Archangelsk, the Solovets Islands and is also the only ship that stops at Vaygach Island.
It was surveyed in Murmansk on 27 February 2010 and found to be in good condition.