The MV Polar Pioneer has been reborn and will be reintroduced to polar waters starting in Svalbard 2022.
The MV Polar Pioneer was built in Finland in 1982, and the ship was originally an ice-strengthened research vessel with ice class 1A Super, which is perfect for navigation in polar regions with heavy sea ice.
The Polar Pioneer is one of 10 Akademik Shuleykin-class Russian ships built in the mid-1980s in Finland for the Soviet Union’s oceanographic research purposes. Around half of these vessels ended up as chartered polar expeditions ships.
Today, only three are still in operation, with Polar Pioneer being the only one in the Atlantic, Arctic and Antarctic Peninsula.
Deck Plan
Small size, great character
Small enough to feel like a true expedition.
Large enough to reach remote destinations.
For information on chartering the Polar Pioneer, send an email to: info@polarpioneermanagement.com
