Hurtigruten Expeditions has confirmed it will resume operations to Antarctica in November and December 2021, with two ships – MS Roald Amundsen and MS Fram – now set to sail from Punta Arenas, Chile.

Hurtigruten Expeditions’ third battery-hybrid powered ship, the upgraded MS Otto Sverdup, has departed on its maiden voyage this week from Hamburg, Germany.

Hurtigruten will introduce new year-round departures along the Norwegian coast directly from the UK, Germany and Norway in 2021. Sailings will operate from Dover, Hamburg and Bergen starting from January.

Hurtigruten is offering adventurous guests the choice between brand-new expedition cruises to handpicked ports on revamped ships that are also retrofitted for green hybrid propulsion, or environmentally friendly classic coastal cruises to all 34 ports from Bergen to Kirkenes during Hurtigruten’s 2021 season.

Hurtigruten has confirmed it will convert three of its existing ships to premium, hybrid-powered expedition ships. Utilising the same technology that is fuelling the Norwegian cruise company’s newest ‘green ship’, MS Roald Amundsen, Hurtigruten plans to install battery packs to MS Trollfjord, MS Finnmarken and MS Midnatsol, relaunching them all by 2021 under new names and operating year-long itineraries along the Norwegian coastline.