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 S1987–1993 Carrier Vesterhavet IS & A / N Petersen A / S1993–1996 Royal Arctic Line A / S1996–1997 KNI-Service A / S1997–2000 Greenland Tourism2000–2001 Scandinavian Cruise Line2001–2001 Viking Polaris2000–2001 Gallion Shipping2001–2004 Viking Polaris2004–2004 Silvero Shipping2005–2013 Murmansk Shipping2013 onwards Russia Government Sakhalin Region Operator 1968–1993 The Royal Greenland Trading Department1993–1996 Royal Arctic Line1993–1996 KNI-Service1996–2000 Greenland Tourism2000–2000 Dala Rederi2000–2001 Betz eft.2001–2003 Viking Polaris2003–2003 Sophlex Ship Management2003–2004 Swedish Adventure Cruises2004–2004 J. Gran & Co. A/S Shipbrokers2004–2004 NB Maritime Management Cyprus2005–2013 Murmansk Shipping2013 onwards Sakhalin-Kurily JSC Port of registry 1968–1987 Copenhagen, Denmark1987–1993 Aalborg, Denmark1993–1996 Mantiitsoq, Greenland1996–1999 Aalborg, Denmark1999–2000 Nakskov, Denmark2000–2004 Nassau, Bahamas2004–2004 Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2005–2013 Murmansk, Russia2013 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.