The MS Nordnorge (literally: Northern Norway) is a Hurtigruten (Norwegian Coastal Express) ship. It was built in 1997 by Kværner Kleven in Ulsteinvik, Norway, as a sister ship to MS Polarlys and MS Nordkapp. The Nordnorge has a , crew capacity of 57, and can carry up to 691 passengers.

Since 2002 the Nordnorge has been employed in Antarctic cruise service during the northern hemisphere winter.

There have been four Hurtigruten ships with the name of Nordnorge, which is Norwegian for "Northern Norway" - the common name of the three northern Norwegian counties.

Rescues

On January 30 2007 the Nordnorge came to the aid of the MS Nordkapp after the Nordkapp ran aground in the Antarctic. All 294 passengers were safely evacuated from the Nordkapp and were taken to Ushuaia, Argentina.

On November 23, 2007 the Nordnorge was involved in the rescue of all passengers and crew from the MS Explorer after the Explorer struck an iceberg in the Antarctic. All 100 passengers and 54 crew on the Explorer were safely rescued; the Explorer later sank.

References

This article is based on the corresponding article on the German Wikipedia.

External links

• Web site of Hurtigruten ASA.
• Hurtigruten ASA information about MS Nordnorge: Hurtigruten.com (en); hurtigruten.us
• Images from webcams aboard MS Nordnorge
• vesseltrack.com position of MS Nordnorge
• Hurtigruten.com map of positions of ships in Norwegian coastal service.