headquarters london united kingdom services passenger transportation website poseidonexpeditions.com poseidon expeditions was founded in 1999 as a tour operator specializing in expedition cruises to the north pole and the russian high arctic aboard icebreakers and ice strengthened ships . 1 in 2007 poseidon expeditions introduced a new destination to the travel market the russian far east kamchatka kuril islands wrangel island . 2 in 2013 a poseidon expedition s cruise accomplished the 100th reaching of the north pole in the history of icebreaker navigation this historic event occurred on july 30 2013 at 20 49 gmt . 3 in 2013 poseidon expeditions has started operating antarctic expedition cruises aboard a small luxury ship sea explorer . 4 by 2015 poseidon expeditions will have operations in spitsbergen franz josef land russian high arctic greenland iceland and scotland aboard its all suite luxury expedition s ship the sea spirit . 5 poseidon expeditions polar fleet edit poseidon expeditions operates north pole cruises aboard the nuclear powered russian icebreaker 50 years of victory . 6 50 years of victory the most modern nuclear powered icebreaker in the world is equipped with helicopters and rubber inflatable boats enabling travelers to explore wild arctic areas . the icebreaker ship which is also the world s largest is the successor to the yamal icebreaker as of 2008 . the yamal had been used by poseidon expeditions for passenger transportation to the north pole for 7 years from 2001 to 2007 . kapitan dranitsyn another russian icebreaker was also used by poseidon expeditions to operate their franz josef land arctic expedition cruises until 2006 . 7 the company has chosen all suite sea explorer small luxury ship for antarctic destinations . an ice strengthened hull a fleet of rubber inflatable boats for landings on wild shores an experienced crew and a set of retractable fin stabilizers for smoother sailing provide comfortable and safe navigation in antarctica . in 2015 poseidon expeditions will revive the franz josef land expedition cruises aboard a smaller all suite luxury expedition ship the sea spirit . the sea spirit will also carry poseidon s cruises to spitsbergen greenland iceland and scotland . this boats ice strengthened hull fleet of rubber inflatable boats for landings on wild shores experienced crew and set of retractable fin stabilizers for smooth sailing provide comfortable and safe navigations in arctic regions . 8 poseidon expeditions facts edit the russian nuclear powered icebreaker 50 years of victory operated by poseidon expeditions in the arctic is the largest and most modern icebreaker in the world . 9 poseidon expeditions was the first to open the most remote russian arctic regions to travelers . in 2005 the unique route was worked out for pearls of the russian arctic icebreaker expedition . the program included visits to novaya zemlya oranskie islands vize island severnaya zemlya maud bay birulia bay port of dickson ruins of khabarovo gulag vaigach island . 10 references edit http www.seatrade insider.com news news headlines poseidon expeditions charters sea spirit from may 2015.html breaking the ice how to board arctic expedition ships . frommers.com . retrieved 2013 12 10 . the north pole has been reached for the 100th time in the history of icebreaker navigation poseidon expeditions sets foot on top of the world . prweb.com . retrieved 2013 12 10 . poseidon expeditions announces antarctica cruise booking aboard m v sea explorer for 2013 and 2014 . emailwire.com . retrieved 2013 12 10 . http www.travelpulse.com news cruise poseidon expeditions to add another ship.html cruises . the best unusual cruises . telegraph . retrieved 2013 12 10 . http www.smallshipcruises.com poseidonarctic.shtml https www.cruiseindustrynews.com cruise news 10715 poseidon expeditions acquires sea spirit.html 50 years of victory review . telegraph . 2013 09 30 . retrieved 2013 12 10 . logbook from 25.07.2005 to 07.08.2005 . poseidonexpeditions.com . retrieved 2013 12 10 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title poseidon expeditions & oldid 711380720 categories travel and holiday companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1998 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 22 march 2016 at 15 04 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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