AURORA Expeditions is researching the possibility of bringing a ship to Australia as it repositions between polar seasons in 2022/23, Managing Director Robert Halfpenny revealed to Travel Daily.
“That is an option being looked at now,” he confirmed, adding that Macquarie Island and even Papua New Guinea and Japan were on the line’s radar.
Halfpenny said bringing a ship to visit Australia “would be huge”, given the company was founded by Australians, but noted the company was in talks for a potential charter of the ship for a few months over the period, which would impact on such a deployment.
He also flagged the cruise line was looking at a number of other new destinations, including the Northeast and Northwest passage, Russia and Alaska.
“These ships can go anywhere,” he said.
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