Viking namhlanje ibhengeze inqanawa yayo yokuqala yokundwendwela- i-Viking Octantis eneendwendwe ezingama-378- "ibiyekisiwe," ibonakalisa inqanaba eliphambili lokwakha kwaye lixesha lokuqala ukuba inqanawa entsha ichukumise amanzi. Cwangciselwe ukuqala kwangoko kwi-2022, iViking Octantis Uza kuchitha ixesha lakhe lobuntombi ukuhamba ngenqanawa e-Antarctica nakuMntla Melika. Inqanawa yesibini, efanayo yokundwendwela, iViking Polaris, imiselwe ukuqala ngehlobo lowe-2022 kwaye iza kuhamba ngomkhumbi uye eAntarctica naseArctic.
“Ukusebenza neFincantieri kule minyaka isibhozo idlulileyo, sakhe ezona nqanawa zolwandle zintle ehlabathini. Siyavuya ukuqhubeka nobambiswano lwethu neVARD yeFincantieri kwaye sibhiyozela eli nyathelo libalulekileyo kulwakhiwo lwenqanawa yethu yokuqala yohambo, utshilo uTorstein Hagen, uSihlalo weViking. "Ekudaleni 'uhambo lomntu ocingayo,' sigqibezela uhambo lwaselwandle, kwaye siza kungenisa ixesha elitsha lokuhlola okuthe tye embindini waseMntla Melika. IViking Octantis kunye nodade wabo inqanawa, IViking Polaris, Siza kuvumela iindwendwe zethu ukuba ziphonononge ngakumbi-ukuya eziphelweni zomhlaba kunye nase kufutshane nasekhaya. Ndingathanda ukubulela amaqabane ethu eVARD nawo wonke umntu osebenza eyadini ngomsebenzi onzima nokuzinikela ekwakheni i IViking Octantis; Sijonge ukumamkela kwizithuthi zethu kwasekuqaleni kowama-2022. ”
Ukudada ngaphandle kubalulekile kuba kubonisa inqanawa eya kwinqanaba lokugqibela lokwakha. Umnyhadala wokudada ngaphandle IViking Octantis yenzeke namhlanje, nge-22 kaDisemba; Waye emva koko wafuduselwa kwizibuko elikufuphi ukuze akhe ngakumbi ulwakhiwo kunye nokwakha ngaphakathi. Emva kokunxiba okokugqibela, IViking Octantis ziya kusiwa kwindawo ekugcinwa kuyo iinqanawa iFincantieri VARD eSøviknes, eNorway.
Abaphandi abahloniphekileyo uLiv Arnesen noAnn Bancroft baya kuzukiswa njengoomama abangoothixo IViking Octantis kwaye IViking Polaris, ngokulandelelana. U-Arnesen, oyinzalelwane yaseNorway, waba ngumfazi wokuqala kwihlabathi ukushushuluza yedwa kwaye akaxhaswanga kwi-South Pole ngo-1994. IBancroft ngumfazi wokuqala ukuskiya ngempumelelo kuzo zombini iipali. U-Arnesen kunye no-Bancroft baba ngamabhinqa okuqala ukushushuluza e-Antarctica ngo-2001. Ngokudibeneyo basungula iBancroft Arnesen Explore / Access Water, inyathelo elijolise ekubandakanyeni nasekuxhobiseni iingqondo ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingama-60 ukwenza uzinzo ngomso.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- I would like to thank our partners at VARD and everyone working at the yard for the hard work and dedication on the building of Viking Octantis.
- Arnesen, a native Norwegian, became the first woman in the world to ski solo and unsupported to the South Pole in 1994.
- Viking Octantis and her sister ship, Viking Polaris, will allow our guests to explore further – to the ends of the earth as well as closer to home.
