Professor Multanovskiy Capacity 49 passengers; ice-strengthened expedition vessel, international cuisine.
The ship, the Pacific Explorer, was a small but comfortable expedition vessel carrying up to 100 passengers.
The benefaction proved significant when the expedition vessel sank and the castaways were forced to use the Dudley Docker for survival.
During the 2008-2009 season almost 69,000 tourists visited the Falklands, with 62,600 of these arriving onboard cruise or expedition vessels.
It was the polar expedition vessel of the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition of 1921-1922.
In March 1921, Shackleton renamed his expedition vessel Quest.
In past years, a number of expedition vessels have been engaged for SOI Arctic expeditions.
Visitors usually stay aboard expedition vessels during their visit to the islands, which is desirable from an ecological standpoint to prevent introduction of further invasive species.
He was shot Wednesday night by pirates who boarded his expedition vessel, the 130-foot Seamaster, off the coast of Brazil.
Participants sleep on board the expedition vessel (six cabins with three shared bathrooms) and have opportunities to camp on shore.