Ocean Albatros
The Ocean Albatros operates in Antarctica and the Arctic and offers cruises in the regions between these core expedition areas. The SunStone Ships' INFINITY series vessels were the first to introduce the proven X-BOW hull in cruise ships. Due to a combination of the power system and ship design, the vessels have low emissions.
Primary Specifications
Ship history
The Ocean Albatros is a sister vessel to the Ocean Victory.
The Ocean Albatros features 95 comfortable staterooms and suites, all with unobstructed sea views, and most with private balconies. There are 12 dedicated solo travel cabins.
She is small enough to create an exclusive atmosphere yet large enough to provide all expected services and facilities, including an open-seating main dining room and a smaller upper-deck casual buffet venue, transforming into a hot rocks restaurant at night, a main lounge/lecture theatre and an adjacent bar, an observation lounge, a gym, an ocean-view sauna, a boutique, an outdoor pool, and two hot tubs.
The vessel complies with Polar Class 6 (ICE 1A*) and is built with Safe Return to Port, Dynamic Positioning, and Zero Speed Stabilisers. She has a reduced carbon footprint. The X-BOW hull reduces pitch/heave accelerations, as well as speed loss in waves, which enables higher transit speeds or reduced power consumption. This improves fuel efficiency and reduces air emissions. The Tier 3 engines result in significantly lower fuel consumption and, consequently, reduced emissions.
Milestones
Steel cutting: 15 April 2021
Keel laid: 20 January 2022
Launching: 2022
Sea trial: 2022
Delivery: 2023
2025, October: Polar Latitudes and Albatros Expeditions have joined forces to form Polar Latitudes Expeditions, combining their strengths to offer an enhanced polar travel experience. The new brand is set to launch in mid-October 2025.
Ocean Albatros is one of the nicest expedition ships I’ve been on — very comfortable, elegant without being fussy, bright, easy to navigate, open to the views and with lots of observation points.
