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Society Expeditions Society Expeditions of Seattle, Washington, is planning six cruises to the Antarctic Peninsula during the 1998-99 season using the M/V World Discoverer. M/V WORLD DISCOVERER
The vessel is registered in Liberia; call sign is ELDU3. The vessel is 87 meters in length, 15.20 meters in breadth and has a draft of 4.45 meters. Power is provided by two non-reversible "MAK" 8m452 diesel engines driving one "KAMEWA" propeller through clutches and reduction gear with total output of 2 x 2,400 bhp at 500 rpm. The vessel is equipped with a main transmitter for single side band voice and telegraphy, continuous between 10 kHZ and 30 mHZ. There are emergency transmitters and receivers and one VHF transceiver with 63 channels. INMARSAT number is 1242744 DISC X. The World Discoverer carries four 25-person SOLAS inflatable life rafts, two launches with capacity for 70 passengers and 3 crew apiece, two life boats with 30-person capacity and ten rubber boats with a capacity for 15 persons each. World Discoverer can accommodate approximately 120-130 passengers and 75 crew.
Schedules for each of the cruises follows:
Cruise WD-#83011 Ports Dates Ushuaia, ARGENTINA 30 NOV 1998 at sea 01-02 DEC 1998 Antarctic Peninsula 03-07 DEC 1998 Elephant Island 08 DEC 1998 South Orkney Islands 09 DEC 1998 at sea 10 DEC 1998 South Georgia 11-13 DEC 1998 at sea 14-15 DEC 1998 Sea Lion and Bleaker Islands, Falklands 16 DEC 1998 Port Stanley, FALKLAND ISLANDS 17 DEC 1998 Cruise WD-#81712 Ports Dates Port Stanley, FALKLAND ISLANDS 17 DEC 1998` Seal Lion and Bleaker Islands, Falklands 18 DEC 1998 at sea 19-20 DEC 1998 South Georgia 21-23 DEC 1998 at sea 24 DEC 1998 South Orkneys 25 DEC 1998 Elephant Island 26 DEC 1998 Antarctic Peninsula 27-31 DEC 1998 at sea 01-02 JAN 1999 Ushuaia, ARGENTINA 03 JAN 1999 Cruise WD-#90301 Ports Dates Ushuaia, ARGENTINA 03 JAN 1999 at sea 04-05 JAN 1999 Antarctic Peninsula 06-11 JAN 1999 at sea 12-13 JAN 1999 Ushuaia, ARGENTINA 14 JAN 1999 Cruise WD-#91401 Ports Dates Ushuaia, ARGENTINA 14 JAN 1999 at sea 15-16 JAN 1999 Antarctic Peninsula 17-21 JAN 1999 Elephant Island 22 JAN 1999 South Orkneys 23 JAN 1999 at sea 24 JAN 1999 South Georgia 25-27 JAN 1999 at sea 28-29 JAN 1999 Sea Lion/Bleaker Islands, Falklands 30 JAN 1999 Port Stanley, FALKLAND ISLANDS 31 JAN 1999 Cruise WD-#93101 Ports Dates Port Stanley, FALKLAND ISLANDS 31 JAN 1999 at sea 01-02 FEB 1999 Antarctic Peninsula 03-06 FEB 1999 Elephant Island 07 FEB 1999 South Orkneys 08 FEB 1999 at sea 09 FEB 1999 South Georgia 10-12 FEB 1999 at sea 13-14 FEB 1999 Sea Lion/Bleaker Islands, Falklands 15 FEB 1999 Port Stanley, FALKLAND ISLANDS 16 FEB 1999 Cruise WD-#91602 Ports Dates Port Stanley, FALKLAND ISLANDS 16 FEB 1999 Sea Lion/Bleaker Islands, Falklands 17 FEB 1999 at sea 18 FEB 1999 Antarctic Peninsula 19-24 FEB 1999 at sea 25-26 FEB 1999 Beagle Channel 27 FEB 1999 Chilean Fjords 28 FEB - 03 MAR 1999 Castro, Chiloe Island 04 MAR 1999 at sea 05 MAR 1999 Talchauano, CHILE 06 MAR 1999 |
