Duluth -
While it's being constructed at VARD and will debut in Duluth, this new Viking Cruise Ship -
Viking Octantis - will have an 8-day travel itinerary that will include Houghton and Mackinac Island, along with Thunder Bay Canada, the Apostle Islands, and Milwaukee. It will also sail voyages in Antarctica. The under-construction vessel is scheduled to debut in 2022, and it was floated out in late 2020. For a Great Lakes cruise vessel, it is quite large - 378-guest rooms and an in-ship marina for excursions. The vessel will be part of a unique program that allows for resident scientists to conduct research onboard the ship. It will be a great boon for local tourism when it debuts. There is also a sister vessel, identical in scope, called the
Viking Polaris, which will debut in later 2022. I thought the photos & scope of this thing were cool enough to mention here - just picture this thing docked in Houghton or Mackinac Island -
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Visit Duluth unveils first look at cruise vessels
The Viking cruise ship Octantis is ticketed to debut and later arrive in Duluth in 2022.
Brady Slater | Duluth News Tribune
January 8th 2021
Visit Duluth celebrated a milestone for a Great Lakes cruise line Friday, when it issued a first look at one of the under-construction vessels already ticketed to dock in Duluth. The Viking Octantis was shown in three images. The 378-guest ship was "floated out" in late 2020, highlighting the first time the ship met water...
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Duluth News Tribune (Contributed)