MV Orlova

Why travel aboard this boat?

• Configured for a max. of 124 passengers, but takes only up to 110 passengers
• Extensive renovations in 2006 to the lounge, dining and cabin areas
  
• A spacious and stable expeditionary vessel, with a air of authenticity
• Good value set against some other Antarctic ships
• Choice of 4 different cabins types from shared triple to suite, with private and shared bathroomsli>

Technical specifications:

• 110 passengers (max)
• Staff & Crew of 70
  
• Built in Yugoslavia in 1976
• 90m long x 16.24m wide

Built in 1976 and refurbished in 1999, the M/V Orlova is a 90-meter ice-strengthened passenger ship. On board The Orlova there is an attractive bar and lounge, and an Antarctic library. It sleeps a total of 110 passengers, with 62 cabins and suites all with two lower berths and private facilities with either a porthole or window as well as a writing desk, sitting space and ample storage. International chefs serve delicious international cuisine and there is a comfortable, well-stocked bar.

The Russian officers and crew are all highly experienced in polar navigation and an international team of naturalists and lecturers offer a unique educational program-covering subjects such as natural history, ornithology, marine biology, geography, geology, history and the environment. The Orlova is a very comfortable ship to explore the majestic Antarctica.



This ship undertakes the following expeditions:

2008/09

Classic Antarctic Peninsula & South Shetlands
9^th November - 20^th November 2008
19^th - 30^th November 2008
29^th November - 10^th December 2008
9^nd - 19^th December 2008
18^th - 28^th December 2009
27^th December 2008 - 6^th January 2009
5^th - 15^th January 2009
1^st February - 11^th February 2008
10^th - 21^st February 2008
20^th February - 3^rd March 2008
2^nd March - 13^th March 2008

The Falklands, South Georgia & Antarctica
14^th January - 2^nd February 2008

2009/10

Classic Antarctic Peninsula & South Shetlands
10^th - ^21st November 2009 20^th November - 1^st December 2009
30^th November - 11^th December 2009
10^th - 20th December 2009
6^th - 16^th January 2010
15^th - 25^th January 2010
11^th - 21^st February 2010
20^th February - 3^rd March 2009
2^nd - 13th March 2010

The Falklands, South Georgia & Antarctica
19^th December 2009 - 7^th January 2010
24^th January - 12^th February 2010

Professor Molchanov and Professor Multanovskiy

Aleksey Maryshev and Grigoriy Mikheev

Akademik Shokalskiy

Ocean Nova

Antarctic Dream

MV Orlova

Clipper Adventurer

Clelia II

Akademik Ioffe and Akademic Sergey Vavilov

Plancius

Kapitan Khlebnikov

Sarsen