Both ships available for charter
CLIPPER ADVENTURER
- chartered to Quark for Antarctica Passenger Capacity: 122
Built: 1975
Former Names: Alla Tarasova Length: 330 ft.
Beam: 53.5 ft.
Draft: 16 ft. Officers: International Staff and Crew: 60, American and Filipino
- Itinerary: Cruises in Antarctica and Falkland Islands November through February. Spring cruises of South America.
Summer in Mediterranean, Western Europe, England,
Ireland, Iceland,
Greenland, and Arctic Canada.
- Cabins: 61. All cabins are outside
and have lower beds, private bath with shower and individual temperature control.
The owner's suite has a bathtub. Some cabins have pullmans for a third person.
- Dining:
One seating.
Cuisine is American and Continental, and regional foods are incorporated
into the menus to make dining a part of the sense of places visited.
Every afternoon there are freshly baked
chocolate-chip cookies, called Clipper Chippers.
Special diets can be accommodated with advance
notice.
- Dress:
Casual and comfortable. At the captain's party men usually wear sports jackets, and women
pantsuits or cocktail dresses. A parka is issued on Arctic and
Antarctic expeditions.
- Facilities and Activities:
This is an expedition vessel and can navigate in rugged environments, having
an ice-hardened hull, classified A-1 ice class. It formerly was a Russian
cruise ship. There is lots of varnished wood and brass throughout the ship.
There is a main lounge that seats 130, a separate lounge for 45, and a library/card room. A covered
promenade has a deck of varnished pine. There is a gymnasium, hair salon, infirmary with full-time
physician, laundry service. The ship has an open bridge policy. Historians, naturalists and other
experts accompany the cruises. There are 10 motorized landing craft for exploration.
Passengers often go by zodiac to small islands and nature preserves with onboard
naturalists or local guides.
CLIPPER ODYSSEY Passenger Capacity: 128 Built: 1989
Former Names: Oceanic
Grace, Oceanic Odyssey Length:
338 ft. Beam: 51 ft. Draft: 15 ft. Elevator: 1
Officers: International Staff and
Crew: 72; U.S. and Filipino Wheelchair Access
- Itinerary:
Cruises in Asia, Pacific, Australia, Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, Alaska.
- Cabins:
64. Cabins average 186 sq. ft. with one
wheelchair-accessible cabin. All cabins are outside,
and eight cabins have balconies.
Beds can be configured twin or queen. All cabins have individually controlled
air-conditioning, TV/VCR, and a private bath
with shower/tub.
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Dining: All meals are served
in the single-seating dining room.
- Facilities and Activities: There are two lounges, a library, an outside small swimming pool, exercise
room, hairdresser and a sun deck with a jogging track. There is an open bridge. Lecturers accompany all voyages. A fleet of
zodiac landing craft take passengers ashore.
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Recent Fares Reported to Us:
Fares vary greatly for different cruises because of the
uniqueness of the destinations. All zodiac
exploration is included in the cost of the cruise.
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