Society Expeditions
Society Expeditions
of Seattle, Washington, is planning seven cruises to the Antarctic
Peninsula during the 1999-2000 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 accom-modate approximately 120-130 passengers
and 75 crew.
Schedules for each
of the cruises follows:
Cruise WD-#1
November/December
1999
| Ports
|
|
Dates
|
| Punta Arenas, CHILE
|
|
21 NOV 1999
|
| at sea
|
|
22-24 NOV 1999
|
| Antarctic Peninsula
|
|
25-20 NOV 1999
|
| At sea
|
|
31 NOV – 01 DEC 1999
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
02 DEC 1999
|
Cruise WD-#2
December
1999
| Ports
|
|
Dates
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
02 DEC 1999
|
| At sea
|
|
03-04 DEC 1999
|
| Antarctic Peninsula
|
|
05-09 DEC 1999
|
| Elephant Island
|
|
10 DEC 1999
|
| South Orkneys
|
|
11 DEC 1999
|
| At sea
|
|
12 DEC 1999
|
| South Georgia
|
|
13-15 DEC 1999
|
| At sea
|
|
16-17 DEC 1999
|
| Sea Lion and Bleak Islands
|
|
18 DEC 1999
|
| Port Stanley, FALKLAND ISLANDS
|
|
19 DEC 1999
|
Cruise WD-#3
December
1999/January 2000
| Ports
|
|
Dates
|
| Port Stanley, FALKLAND ISLANDS
|
|
19 DEC 1999
|
| Bleak and Sea Lion Islands
|
|
20 DEC 1999
|
| At sea
|
|
21-22 DEC 1999
|
| South Georgia
|
|
23-25 DEC 1999
|
| At sea
|
|
26 DEC 1999
|
| Antarctic Peninsula
|
|
27 DEC 1999-02 JAN 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
03-04 JAN 2000
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
05 JAN 2000
|
Cruise WD-#4
January
2000
| Ports
|
|
Dates
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
05 JAN 2000
|
| at sea
|
|
06-07 JAN 2000
|
| Antarctic Peninsula
|
|
08-12 JAN 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
13-14 JAN 2000
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
15 JAN 2000
|
Cruise WD-#5
January/February
2000
| Ports
|
|
Dates
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
15 JAN 2000
|
| at sea
|
|
16 JAN 2000
|
| West Point/Carcass Islands
|
|
17 JAN 2000
|
| Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
|
|
18 JAN 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
19-20 JAN 2000
|
| South Georgia
|
|
21-23 JAN 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
24 JAN 2000
|
| Antarctic Peninsula
|
|
25-30 JAN 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
31 JAN – 01 FEB 2000
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
02 FEB 2000
|
Cruise WD-#6
February
2000
| Ports
|
|
Dates
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
02 FEB 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
03 FEB 2000
|
| West Point and Carcass Islands
|
|
04 FEB 2000
|
| Port Stanley
|
|
05 FEB 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
06-07 FEB 2000
|
| South Georgia
|
|
08-10 FEB 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
11 FEB 2000
|
| South Orkneys
|
|
12 FEB 2000
|
| Elephant Island
|
|
13 FEB 2000
|
| Antarctic Peninsula
|
|
14-17 FEB 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
18-19 FEB 2000
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
20 FEB 2000
|
Cruise WD-#7
February/March
2000
| Ports
|
|
Dates
|
| Ushuaia, ARGENTINA
|
|
20 FEB 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
21 FEB 2000
|
| West Point and Carcass Islands
|
|
22 FEB 2000
|
| Port Stanley
|
|
23 FEB 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
24-25 FEB 2000
|
| South Georgia
|
|
26-27 FEB 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
28 FEB 2000
|
| South Orkneys
|
|
29 FEB 2000
|
| Elephant Island
|
|
01 MAR 2000
|
| Antarctic Peninsula
|
|
02-05 MAR 2000
|
| At sea
|
|
06-08 MAR 2000
|
| Punta Arenas, CHILE
|
|
09 MAR 2000
|
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