Wednesday 17 January 2024

What's New in Expedition Voyages 2024 & 2025

Antarctica and Arctic

In November 2023, Viking celebrated the start of its third expedition season in Antarctica, as the Viking Octantis and her identical sister ship, the Viking Polaris arrived again in the region. Both ships will spend the Austral summer in Antarctica before returning to North America's Great Lakes for voyages throughout the spring, summer and early fall.

Viking announced three new summer season expedition voyages in the Arctic set to debut in July 2025. The new itineraries range from 13 to 27 days and explore the polar north in Canada and Greenland. More specific itinerary information is available online: Into the Northwest Passage, Canada & Greenland Explorer and Canada & the Northwest Passage.

More recently, Viking announced new itineraries in Antarctica for the 2025 season including the new 87-day From the Arctic to Antarctica itinerary, which will expand offerings to the “White Continent,” sailing from Nuuk, Greenland to Ushuaia, Argentina in September 2025. Guests can also discover the natural beauty of Antarctica and South America on the new 48-day Antarctica, Chile & the Americas itinerary from Ushuaia to Fort Lauderdale.

Longitudinal World Cruises

In 2023, Viking launched the new intercontinental Longitudinal World Cruise collection, with expedition ships sailing between Antarctica and the Great Lakes. On these epic and voyages, guests will achieve more travel milestones in a single journey than most people accomplish in a lifetime – from the heart of North America through engineering marvels like the Welland and Panama Canals, into the Chilean fjords and finally to Antarctica.  

The arrival of Viking's expedition ships in Antarctica in November 2023 marks the completion of two inaugural Longitudinal World Cruises—the 71-day Longitudinal World Cruise II, from Duluth to Ushuaia, and the 70-day Longitudinal World Cruise III, from Milwaukee to Ushuaia. These Grand Journeys offer a variety of travel milestones in a single itinerary, sailing from the heart of North America through the engineering wonders like the Welland and Panama Canals, into the Chilean fjords and finally Antarctica.

Following Viking's upcoming third season in the Great Lakes, the Viking Polariswill sail the new Longitudinal World Cruise IV itinerary from Milwaukee to Ushuaia in October 2024 and the Viking Octantis will embark on another sailing of the Longitudinal World Cruise II.

The new Longitudinal World Cruise Vitinerary launches in 2025.
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* Viking https://www.vikingcruises.com.au/
* Kirsty Hill at kirsty.hill@viking.com

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