Silversea Cruises’ newest expedition ship, Silver Endeavour, was formally named throughout a ceremony in Antarctica on November nineteenth.
The cruise line held a celebration within the Lemaire Channel, Antarctica to inaugurate Endeavour because the eleventh ship within the fleet. Executives from Silversea Cruises, the ship’s Godmother Felicity Aston MBE, and choose members of the cruise line’s prolonged household had been in attendance as an ice-sculpted champagne magnum smashed in opposition to Silver Endeavour’s hull to mark the cruise line’s third naming ceremony in simply 9 months.
The festivities started at an intimate blessing ceremony, held on the Cape Horn Sub-Antarctic Heart in Puerto Williams on November fifteenth. After Royal Caribbean Group’s customary bagpipe efficiency, singers sang the Chilean and American nationwide anthems and Felicity Aston was formally launched because the vessel’s godmother. Jason Liberty, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean Group, and Roberto Martinoli, president and CEO of Silversea Cruises, who had been unable to affix in particular person, despatched a video message thanking everybody concerned within the achievement.
Silver Endeavour is now the primary and to date solely ship to be named within the Lemaire Channel — one among Antarctica’s most scenic straits, situated off the Antarctic Peninsula. Some friends, together with quite a lot of Silversea executives, witnessed the ice bottle smashing in opposition to the hull from Zodiacs within the cliff-lined stretch of water.
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“We’re extremely proud to have hosted ultra-luxury cruising’s first Antarctica naming ceremony for Silver Endeavour, our third ship to be named in simply 9 months,” mentioned Roberto Martinoli, President and CEO, Silversea Cruises. “I want to thank Captain Niklas Peterstam and the ship’s crew, your complete Silversea staff, Jason Liberty and all these concerned at Royal Caribbean Group for his or her invaluable help in reaching this momentous milestone.
Silversea named polar explorer and local weather scientist Felicity Aston as Silver Endeavour‘s godmother final month. Aston turned the primary lady to ski solo throughout Antarctica in 2012, in addition to the primary particular person to traverse the continent by muscle energy alone.
“Being among the many first to sail aboard Silver Endeavour, naming the ship within the firm of such esteemed friends, and assuming the function of Godmother makes me extremely proud,” mentioned Felicity Aston MBE.
“She shares her identify with the ship on which Captain Prepare dinner set forth for the ends of the earth, however exploration has after all developed within the centuries since Prepare dinner departed. At the moment, exploration shouldn’t be solely about geographical discovery; it is usually about discovering new concepts, new inspiration, and new views. Silver Endeavour will permit extra individuals to develop into explorers and return dwelling with new outlooks. She can be a supply of self-enrichment, as individuals join with the planet and one another. Truthful winds and following seas to all those that sail on her.”
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