Viking Expeditions – Voyages Magazine

Viking Expedition Team Announces Discovery of New Penguin Colony in Antarctica

March 5, 2024March 5, 2024 Editor

Chinstrap Penguins_credit Dr. Grant Humphries

Viking® (www.viking.com) has announced its expedition team supported the discovery of a new colony of chinstrap penguins not previously known to science on Diaz Rock, near Astrolabe Island, in Antarctica. The finding took place in January 2024 when Viking’s expedition vessel, the Viking Octantis®, visited Astrolabe Island, a three-mile-long island, located in the Bransfield Strait of the Trinity Peninsula in…

Viking Takes Delivery of First Expedition Ship, Viking Octantis

December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 Editor

Viking® (www.viking.com) has taken delivery of Viking Octantis®, the company’s first of two new purpose-built expedition ships. The delivery ceremony took place this morning at Fincantieri’s VARD shipyard in Søviknes, Norway. Viking Octantis hosts 378 guests and sets sail tomorrow toward South America to welcome guests in January 2022 for Viking’s first voyages to Antarctica. Viking Octantis will be officially…

Viking Marks Float Out of First Expedition Ship, Viking Octantis

December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 Editor

Viking® has announced its first expedition ship – the 378-guest Viking Octantis® – was “floated out,” marking a major construction milestone and the first time that the new ship touches water. Scheduled to debut in early 2022, Viking Octantis will spend her maiden season sailing voyages to Antarctica and North America’s Great Lakes. A second, identical expedition ship, Viking Polaris®,…

Viking Announces Launch of New Expedition Voyages

January 16, 2020 Editor

Viking (www.viking.com) has announced the expansion of its destination-focused travel experiences with the launch of new expedition voyages. Viking Expeditions will begin sailing in January 2022 with its first vessel, Viking Octantis, embarking on voyages to Antarctica and North America’s Great Lakes. A second expedition vessel, Viking Polaris, will debut in August 2022, sailing to Antarctica and the Arctic. Viking’s…