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According to my attempt to provide you with images of varied subjects (variety is the spice of life, isn't it?) think it's time again for a 'salty' one.
This time a picture of the MV Ortelius (IMO number: 8509181).
The Ortelius is an ice-strengthened cruise ship designed for polar exploration. She was built in Gdynia, Poland, in 1989 as Marina Svetaeva, as a special purpose vessel for the Russian Academy of Sciences.
She operated in the Russian Far East as a passenger and supply vessel, and as an accommodation and supply ship to oil fields in the northern Pacific Ocean. From December 2007 she was chartered by Aurora Expeditions of Sydney, Australia, as a cruise ship in the Arctic and Antarctic seas.
She was acquired in 2011 by the Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions based in Flushing, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was renamed Ortelius and registered in Cyprus (hometown Limasoll).
General characteristics:
-Type: Cruise ship
-Tonnage: 4,575 GT, 1,417 NT, 804 DWT
-Length: 91.25 m (299 ft 5 in) o/a, 78.45 m (257 ft 5 in) p/p
-Beam: 17.61 m (57 ft 9 in)
-Draught: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
-Speed: 14.3 knots (26.5 km/h; 16.5 mph)
-Capacity: 100 passengers
-Crew: 41