Section X
presents planned itineraries for U.S. based non-governmental activities in
the Treaty area.
Quark
Expeditions
Quark Expeditions of Darien, Connecticut, is planning
approximately 22 cruises to the Antarctic during 2000-2001
season using three chartered vessels. The PROFESSOR
MULTANOVSKIY will conduct 10 cruises, the KAPITAN DRANITSYN
will conduct 9, and the KAPITAN KHLEBNIKOV will conduct
three cruises.
PROFESSOR
MULTANOVSKIY
The vessel is of Russian
registry and is 235 feet long, 42 feet wide and has a draft of
15 feet. Its gross registered tonnage is 1754. The
hull’s ice classification is KM*UL[1]A2, Canadian Type A.
The PROFESSOR MULTANOVSKIY is powered by two 2,300 kW diesel
engines and has both bow and stern thrusters. The vessel
carries 44 passengers and 32 crew.
Schedules for each of the
cruises follows:
|
Cruise
MUL #1
November/December
2000
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
20 NOV 2000
|
at sea
|
|
21 NOV 2000
|
New Island
|
|
22 NOV 2000
|
Carcass/West
Point
|
|
23 NOV 2000
|
Steeple Jason
|
|
24 NOV 2000
|
at sea
|
|
25-26 NOV 2000
|
at sea/South
Georgia
|
|
27 NOV 2000
|
South Georgia
|
|
28 NOV-04 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
05-06 DEC 2000
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
07-11 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
12-13 DEC 2000
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
14 DEC 2000
|
Cruise MUL #2
December
2000
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
14 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
15-16 DEC 2000
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
17-21 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
22-23 DEC 2000
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
24 DEC 2000
|
Cruise MUL #3
December
2000/January 2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
24 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
25-26 DEC 2000
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
27 DEC-01 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
02-03 JAN 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
04 JAN 2001
|
Cruise MUL #4
January
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
04 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
05-06 JAN 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
07 –10 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
11-12 JAN 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
13 JAN 2001
|
Cruise MUL #5
January
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
13 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
14 JAN 2001
|
Westpoint/Carcass
|
|
15 JAN 2001
|
Stanley
|
|
16 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
17-18 JAN 2001
|
South Georgia
|
|
19-22 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
23-24 JAN 2001
|
Elephant
Island
|
|
25 JAN 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
26-28 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
29-30 JAN 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
31 JAN 2001
|
Cruise MUL #6
January/February
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
31 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
01-02 FEB 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
03-06 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
07-08 FEB 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
09 FEB 2001
|
Cruise MUL #7
February
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
09 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
10-11 FEB 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
12-15 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
16-17 FEB 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
18 FEB 2001
|
Cruise MUL #8
February
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
18 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
19-20 FEB 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
21-24 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
25-26 FEB 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
27 FEB 2001
|
Cruise MUL #9
February/March
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
27 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
28- FEB- 01 MAR 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
02-05 MAR 2001
|
at sea/South
Orkneys
|
|
06-07 MAR 2001
|
at sea/South
Georgia
|
|
08 MAR 2001
|
South Georgia
|
|
09-11 MAR 2001
|
at sea
|
|
12-14 MAR 2001
|
Port Stanley
|
|
15 MAR 2001
|
New Island/Westpoint
|
|
16 MAR 2001
|
at sea
|
|
17 MAR 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
18 MAR 2001
|
Cruise MUL #10
March
2001 (Sub-chartered by Oceanwide Expeditions of the
Netherlands)
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
19 MAR 2001
|
at sea
|
|
20 MAR 2001
|
at sea/Penguin
Island
|
|
21 MAR 2001
|
Hope Bay/Brown
Buff
|
|
22 MAR 2001
|
Dundee/Paulet
|
|
23 MAR 2001
|
at sea
|
|
24 MAR 2001
|
South Orkney
|
|
25 MAR 2001
|
at sea
|
|
26 MAR 2001
|
Grytviken
|
|
27 MAR 2001
|
Salisbury/Albatross/Prion
|
|
28 MAR 2001
|
Elsehul
|
|
29 MAR 2001
|
SAILING TO
TRISTAN DE CUNHA
|
|
30 MAR 2001
|
M/V
KAPITAN KHLEBNIKOV
The vessel was built in 1981 at
the Waratsila Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland. The ship is
owned by FESCO, Vladivostok. The call letters are UTSU.
The M/V KAPITAN KHLEBNIKOV is 132.4 meters in length, 26.5
meters in breadth, has a 8.5 meter draft and displacement of
18,000 tons. The vessel is powered by diesel-electric
motors producing 22,000 h.p. driving 3 propellers permitting a
maximum speed of 19 knots. The vessel is classified as
an icebreaker. The M/V KAPITAN KHLEBNIKOV carries four
Mark V heavy-duty zodiacs, in addition to two MI2 helicopters
for ice reconnaissance and passenger transport.
Approximately 112 passengers and 50 crew members will be
onboard for each cruise.
Schedules for each of the
cruises follows:
|
Cruise
KLB #1
December
2000
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Hobart,
AUSTRALIA
|
|
04 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
05-06 DEC 2000
|
Macquarie
Island
|
|
07-08 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
09-10 DEC 2000
|
Pack ice edge
|
|
11 DEC 2000
|
Pack ice
|
|
12-13 DEC 2000
|
Cape
Washington
|
|
14 DEC 2000
|
Terra Nova Bay
|
|
15 DEC 2000
|
Coulman Island
|
|
16 DEC 2000
|
Cape Hallett/Cape
Roget
|
|
17 DEC 2000
|
Possession
Island
|
|
18 DEC 2000
|
Cape Adare
|
|
19 DEC 2000
|
Pack Ice
|
|
20 DEC 2000
|
Pack ice edge
|
|
21 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
22-23 DEC 2000
|
Campbell
Island
|
|
24 DEC 2000
|
Enderby Island
|
|
25 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
26-27 DEC 2000
|
Hobart,
AUSTRALIA
|
|
28 DEC 2000
|
Cruise KLB #2
December
2000/January 2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Hobart,
AUSTRALIA
|
|
28 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
29-30 DEC 2000
|
Macquarie
Islands
|
|
31 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
01-02 JAN 2001
|
Balleny Island
|
|
03 JAN 2001
|
Cape Adare
|
|
04 JAN 2001
|
Cape
Roget/Cape Hallett
|
|
05 JAN 2001
|
Cape Hallett/Coulman
Island
|
|
06 JAN 2001
|
Terra Nova Bay
|
|
07 JAN 2001
|
Dry Valleys
|
|
08 JAN 2001
|
McMurdo/Cape
Evans
|
|
09 JAN 2001
|
Cape Royds/Ross
Ice Shelf
|
|
10 JAN 2001
|
Ross Ice
Shelf/Bay of Whales
|
|
11 JAN 2001
|
Ross sea
|
|
12 JAN 2001
|
Possession
Island
|
|
13 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
14-16 JAN 2001
|
Campbell
Island
|
|
17 JAN 2001
|
Enderby Island
|
|
18 JAN 2001
|
Snares Island
|
|
19 JAN 2001
|
Bluff, NEW
ZEALAND
|
|
20 JAN 2001
|
Cruise KLB #3
January/February
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Bluff, NEW
ZEALAND
|
|
21 JAN 2001
|
Port Ross/Carnley
Harbour
|
|
22 JAN 2001
|
Campbell
Island
|
|
23 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
24-25 JAN 2001
|
Pack Ice
|
|
26 JAN 2001
|
Cape Adare
|
|
27 JAN 2001
|
Terra Nova Bay
|
|
28 JAN 2001
|
Dry
Valleys/Cape Evans
|
|
29 JAN 2001
|
McMurdo/Cape
Royds
|
|
30 JAN 2001
|
Ross Ice
Shelf/Franklin Island
|
|
31 JAN 2001
|
Cape Hallett
|
|
01 FEB 2001
|
Pack Ice
|
|
02 FEB 2001
|
Balleny
Islands
|
|
03 FEB 2001
|
Pack Ice
|
|
04 FEB 2001
|
Mertz
Glacier/Commonwealth Bay
|
|
05 FEB 2001
|
Port
Martin/Astrolabe Glacier/Dumont D’Urville
|
06 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
07-09 FEB 2001
|
Macquarie
Island
|
|
10-11 FEB 2001
|
Hobart,
AUSTRALIA
|
|
14 FEB 2001
|
KAPITAN
DRANITSYN
The vessel was built in 1981 at
the Waratsila Shipyard, Helsinki, Finland. The ship is
owned by FESCO, Vladivostok. The KAPITAN DRANITSYN is 132.4 meters in length, 26.5 meters
in breadth, has a 8.5 meter draft and displacement of 18,000
tons. The vessel is powered by diesel-electric motors
producing 22,000 h.p. driving 3 propellers permitting a
maximum speed of 19 knots. The vessel is classified as
an icebreaker. The KAPITAN DRANITSYN carries
four Mark V heavy-duty zodiacs, in addition to two MI2
helicopters for ice reconnaissance and passenger
transport. Approximately 112 passengers and 50 crew
members will be onboard for each cruise.
Schedules for each of the
cruises follows:
|
Cruise DSYN #1
November/December
2000
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
23 NOV 2000
|
at sea
|
|
24 NOV 2000
|
New Island/Westpoint
|
|
25 NOV 2000
|
Port Stanley
|
|
26 NOV 2000
|
at sea
|
|
27-28 NOV 2000
|
Elsehul Bay
|
|
29 NOV 2000
|
South Georgia
|
|
30 NOV-02 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
03 DEC 2000
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
04-08 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
09-10 DEC 2000
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
11 DEC 2000
|
Cruise DSYN #2
December
2000
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
11 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
12-13 DEC 2000
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
14-17 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
18-19 DEC 2000
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
20 DEC 2000
|
Cruise DSYN #3
December
2000
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
20 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
21-22 DEC 2000
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
23-26 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
27-28 DEC 2000
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
29 DEC 2000
|
Cruise DSYN #4
December
2000/January 2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
29 DEC 2000
|
at sea
|
|
30-31 DEC 2000
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
01-05 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
06-07 JAN 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
08 JAN 2001
|
Cruise DSYN #5
January
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
08 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
09 JAN 2001
|
New Island/Westpoint
|
|
10 JAN 2001
|
Port Stanley
|
|
11 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
12-13 JAN 2001
|
Elsehul/Grytviken
|
|
14 JAN 2001
|
South Georgia
|
|
15-17 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
18 JAN 2001
|
Elephant
Island
|
|
19 JAN 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
20-23 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
24-25 JAN 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
26 JAN 2001
|
Cruise DSYN #6
January/February
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
26 JAN 2001
|
at sea
|
|
27-28 JAN 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
29 JAN -01 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
02-03 FEB 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
04 FEB 2001
|
Cruise DSYN #7
February
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
04 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
05-06 FEB 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
07-10 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
11-12 FEB 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
13 FEB 2001
|
Cruise DSYN #8
February
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
13 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
14-15 FEB 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
16-19 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
20-21 FEB 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
22 FEB 2001
|
Cruise DSYN #9
February/March
2001
|
|
|
Port
|
|
Dates
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
22 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
23-24 FEB 2001
|
Antarctic
Peninsula
|
|
25-28 FEB 2001
|
at sea
|
|
01 MAR 2001
|
at sea/South
Orkneys
|
|
02 MAR 2001
|
at sea
|
|
03 MAR 2001
|
South Georgia
|
|
04-06 MAR 2001
|
at sea
|
|
07-08 MAR 2001
|
Port Stanley
|
|
09 MAR 2001
|
Carcass/West
Point
|
|
10 MAR 2001
|
at sea
|
|
11 MAR 2001
|
Ushuaia,
ARGENTINA
|
|
12 MAR 2001
|
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