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 towards 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 Center 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 this point solely ship to be named within the Lemaire Channel — considered one of Antarctica’s most scenic straits, positioned off the Antarctic Peninsula. Some visitors, together with quite a few Silversea executives, witnessed the ice bottle smashing towards the hull from Zodiacs within the cliff-lined stretch of water.
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“We are incredibly proud to have hosted ultra-luxury cruising’s first Antarctica naming ceremony for Silver Endeavour, our third ship to be named in just nine months,” stated Roberto Martinoli, President and CEO, Silversea Cruises. “I want to thank Captain Niklas Peterstam and the ship’s crew, the 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 first to sail aboard Silver Endeavour, naming the ship in the company of such esteemed guests, and assuming the role of Godmother makes me incredibly proud,” stated Felicity Aston MBE.
“She shares her name with the ship on which Captain Cook set forth for the ends of the earth, but exploration has of course evolved in the centuries since Cook departed. Today, exploration is not only about geographical discovery; it is also about finding new ideas, new inspiration, and new perspectives. Silver Endeavour will allow more people to become explorers and return home with new outlooks. She will be a source of self-enrichment, as people connect with the planet and each other. Fair winds and following seas to all those who sail on her.”
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