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VIKING.COM 7<br />
SUMMER 2022 DEBUT<br />
Our second expedition ship, the<br />
378-guest Viking Polaris, has been<br />
“floated out”, marking an exciting<br />
construction milestone. Viking<br />
Polaris will spend her maiden<br />
season sailing voyages to the Arctic<br />
and Antarctica; her identical sister<br />
ship, Viking Octantis, was floated<br />
out last December and is set to<br />
debut in early 2022 for journeys<br />
to Antarctica and North America’s<br />
Great Lakes. “We are now one step<br />
closer to our launch of ‘the thinking<br />
person’s expedition,’ with new<br />
voyages that will allow our guests to<br />
explore the ends of the world<br />
and closer to home – in comfort,”<br />
said Torstein Hagen, Chairman<br />
of Viking. Esteemed explorers<br />
Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft<br />
will be honoured as ceremonial<br />
godmothers to Viking Octantis<br />
and Viking Polaris, respectively<br />
(don’t miss our review of their<br />
book documenting their incredible<br />
journey skiing across Antarctica<br />
in 2001 in our Book Club pages).<br />
You can see a sneak preview video<br />
of the ships and book voyages at<br />
viking.com/expeditions.<br />
AWARD SEASON<br />
DOUBLE AWARD<br />
For the first time, Viking has been<br />
voted both the number one Ocean<br />
Cruise Line and number one River<br />
Cruise Line by Condé Nast Traveller<br />
in the publication’s <strong>2021</strong> Readers’<br />
Choice Awards. Viking is the only<br />
cruise line with the top scores in<br />
two categories in the same year –<br />
a distinct honour awarded by<br />
Condé Nast Traveller readers.<br />
Photo Under the Wave off Kanagawa(‘The Great Wave’) from the series Thirty - six Views of Mt. Fuji (1831) by<br />
Katsushika Hokusai (1760 – 1849). Colour woodblock print. © The Trustees of the British Museum.<br />
HOKUSAI: THE GREAT<br />
PICTURE BOOK OF<br />
EVERYTHING<br />
Our cultural partner, The<br />
British Museum, has just<br />
opened an exciting new<br />
Hokusai exhibition featuring<br />
103 recently acquired drawings.<br />
Until January 30th, 2022<br />
WE’RE THE FAVOURITE<br />
RIVER CRUISE LINE<br />
We’re delighted to announce that<br />
we received the award for Favourite<br />
River Line at the prestigious Wave<br />
Awards. As the Wave Awards annually<br />
celebrates the very best of the <strong>UK</strong>’s<br />
travel industry, it was a special moment<br />
for us. We are proud to receive this<br />
honour and we would like to take the<br />
opportunity to thank all of our guests<br />
for their continued support.<br />
COMPETITION Visit https://bit.ly/Hokusai-Jigsaw and enter<br />
your details before December 5th, <strong>2021</strong> for a chance to WIN one of<br />
5 jigsaw puzzles of Hokusai’s ‘The Great Wave’. Terms and conditions apply.
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