Advantages: Looking for information about this vessel. Does anyone have experience with this vessel? Good food and quarters?
Disadvantages: No personal experience yet, just gathering info.
A 66-year-old Dutch woman who probably had suffered stroke, was medevaced as quickly as possible from the "Ortelius" which was sailing in the Antarctic. It changed its course to the American McMurdo S...
After the Norwegian patrol boat "Sortland" and the supply vessel "Polarsyssel" (IMO: 9690949) had attended the disabled"Ortelius" a good distance north of Forlandet the ship with 146 people on board,...
Towing of the "Ortelius" went much faster than first thought. The convoy reached the west side of Svalbard in the afternoon of June 5 and reached the shelter of Longyearbyen at midnight. It had been e...