MS Polaris

Name	Disko (1968–2000) Shearwater (2000–2001) Brand Polaris (2001–2003) Viking Polaris (2003–2005) Polaris (since 2005)
Owner	1968–1987: Northsea S 1987–1993: Carrier Vesterhavet IS & A / N Petersen A / S 1993–1996: Royal Arctic Line A / S 1996–1997: KNI-Service A / S 1997–2000: Greenland Tourism 2000–2001: Scandinavian Cruise Line 2001–2001: Viking Polaris 2000–2001: Gallion Shipping 2001–2004: Viking Polaris 2004–2004: Silvero Shipping 2005–2013: Murmansk Shipping 2013 onwards: Russia Government Sakhalin Region
Operator	1968–1993: The Royal Greenland Trading Department 1993–1996: Royal Arctic Line 1993–1996: KNI-Service 1996–2000: Greenland Tourism 2000–2000: Dala Rederi 2000–2001: Betz eft. 2001–2003: Viking Polaris 2003–2003: Sophlex Ship Management 2003–2004: Swedish Adventure Cruises 2004–2004: J. Gran & Co. A/S Shipbrokers 2004–2004: NB Maritime Management Cyprus 2005–2013: Murmansk Shipping 2013 onwards: Sakhalin-Kurily JSC
Port of registry	1968–1987: Copenhagen, Denmark 1987–1993: Aalborg, Denmark 1993–1996: Mantiitsoq, Greenland 1996–1999: Aalborg, Denmark 1999–2000: Nakskov, Denmark 2000–2004: Nassau, Bahamas 2004–2004: Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2005–2013: Murmansk, Russia 2013 onwards: Korsakov, Russia
Ordered	Northsea S
Builder	Svendborg Skibsværft
Yard number	122
Completed	16 April 1968
Identification	Call sign: UBDF IMO number: 6807395 MMSI number: 273430670
Status	2019 scrapped in Busan, South Korea
General characteristics
Type	Cruise ship
Tonnage	2,097 GT 556 DWT and 445 DWT
Displacement	2,178 tons
Length	70.56 m (231.5 ft)
Beam	13.54 m (44.4 ft)
Draught	4.4 m (14 ft)
Depth	8.0 m
Decks	5
Propulsion	1968–2000, two 9-cylindrede MAN diesel engine after 2000, 1 Scania DSI 14 61 M4OD diesel engine
Speed	in 1968–2000 13.0 knots (24.1 km/h) after 2000, 11.3 knots (20.9 km/h)
Capacity	in 1968–2000 201 passengers, after 2000 80 passengers
Crew	36

MS Polaris is a Russian-owned, Danish-built passenger ship currently in service with the Murmansk Shipping Company and based in Murmansk. It was built in 1968, and until 2000, it served as a ferry between cities in Greenland, mainly passenger transfers along the Greenland coastline before transferring to the Bahamas, then Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, presumably as a tourist ship. Finally, it moved to Russia where it is based today.

It holds 80 passengers and is equipped with a lounge with bar, as well as a library, covered deck, outside deck and a gift shop. It was renovated at Tallinn, Estonia in 2005 and now offers cruises in the Barents Sea and transfers from Murmansk to St. Petersburg, Archangelsk, the Solovets Islands and is also the only ship that stops at Vaygach Island.

It was surveyed in Murmansk on 27 February 2010 and found to be in good condition.

External links

• Det Norske Veritas
• Russian Maritime Register
• Great Canadian Travel Company
• MS Polaris