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EXPEDITION MARKET
ALBATROS EXPEDITIONS
Full Season Operations
The Ocean Atlantic
in Antarctica
Albatros Expeditions has gone from tour operator status areas and a restaurant serving a four-star food and beverage
in the 1980s to having a full year-round cruise program in product, according to Pedersen.
2019 with the Ocean Atlantic.
He said that guests rated the food and beverage at 98 per-
Having started with seasonal sailings in Greenland, the cent over the course of the recent Antarctica season.
company will have a full summer program in the Arctic
next year, and up Antarctica capacity 40 percent this coming “We offer a sense of coziness with a strong food and bev-
season, 2018-2019, having come off a successful first year erage concept,” Pedersen said. “We have strong lecturers
operation in 2017-2018, according to Gorm Pedersen, man- with worldwide knowledge, that is what we do.”
aging director.
The vessel carries 20 zodiacs, giving it plenty of supply to
“We are building our team with strong resources and find- land passengers or run zodiac cruises.
ing our position in the market. It’s an exciting time, the in-
dustry is in growth mode,” he said. Planning
“We are building our team with strong Having planned the company’s first Antarctica season for
resources and finding our position in the years, Pedersen said passenger demographics saw 60 percent
market. It’s an exciting time, the industry of the guests come from Asian markets.
is in growth mode.”
The company has a sales office in China, where sourcing
Ocean Atlantic potential is massive.
Having first launched into service in 1985, the Ocean At- While the onboard language is English, the line will bring
lantic is fresh off a refit and was rebuilt extensively in 2010. in translators to satisfy who’s aboard.
The ship offers five cabin categories, a number of lecture Next year, the Ocean Atlantic will venture into Ireland and
Scotland early in the summer season.
“It’s a full expedition product with zodiac cruising, fo-
cusing on nature and with lecturers aboard,” Pedersen said.
There’s also an eight-day circumnavigation of Iceland, heavy
on zodiac landings.
At 200 guests, the Ocean Atlantic gives Albatros the hard-
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