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All in Marine Conservation
portExplore was onboard the Saga ship Spirit of Discovery for her first post-Covid Cruise which left Tilbury at the end of June ’21. This Blog covers why we chose to cruise with Saga, the post Covid restrictions and effects, what we loved about Spirit of Discovery, what we liked on board , what we didn’t and our thoughts on cruising with Saga again.
On the very day that their season should have begun, Hurtigruten have made the decision to cancel the entire 2020-2021 Antarctic Expedition season for its ships - Fram, Roald Amundsen and Fidtjof Nansen. The hotly anticipated winter season included the once in a lifetime chance to view a southern hemisphere solar eclipse from the South Orkney islands at the beginning of December.
