Polar Star Expeditions
Specialty adventure cruise company (2001-2011 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Polar Star Expeditions was a specialty adventure cruise company owned by Karlsen Shipping Company Ltd. out of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2001, Polar Star began operating a single expedition cruise ship, MV Polar Star,[1] a 87-metre (284 ft) converted Swedish icebreaker with 105 berths. The company conducted cruises mainly in the northern and southern polar and sub-polar regions.
In 2010, its only vessel lost one of its engines and had to operate part of that season on the remaining functional engine.[2] In January 2011, the vessel suffered serious grounding damage in the Antarctic, which led to the failure of the parent company.