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50 Years of Victory

North Pole Cruise ShipThe North Pole

50 Years of Victory


Why travel aboard this boat?

  • The largest, most sophisticated and powerful icebreaker ever built
  • Twenty years in the making, 50 Years of Victory is the first Arktika-class icebreaker to have a spoon-shaped bow
  • The ship, designed with a stainless steel ice belt 5 metres (18 feet) wide, breaks through ice up to 2.5 metres (9.2 feet) thick
  • Large very comfortable cabins with private bathroom
  • On board helicopters for flight-seeing
  • Gym, two saunas and a heated indoor swimming pool
  • Theater-style auditorium for Expedition Team presentations
  • Spacious public areas and generous deck space
Technical specifications:

  • 128 passengers (max)
  • Staff & Crew of 140
  • 117.04.5m long x 30m wide
  • Propulsion: 2 nuclear reactors that produce 75,000 horsepower
  • Ice Class: LL1 (the highest possible rating)
  • Cruising Speed: 21.4 knots in open water


This ship undertakes the following expeditions in 2009:

The North Pole
14th - 29th Jun
27th Jun - 11th Jul
9th - 23rd Jul

50 Years of Victory deckplan










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