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The MS ''Nordnorge'' (literally: Northern Norway) is a Hurtigruten (Norwegian Coastal Express) ship. It was completed in 1997 by Kværner Kleven in Ulsteinvik, Norway, as a sister ship to MS ''Polarlys'' and MS ''Nordkapp''. The ''Nordnorge'' has a gross tonnage of 11,386, crew capacity of 57, and can carry up to 691 passengers. Since 2002 the ''Nordnorge'' has been employed in Antarctic cruise service during the northern hemisphere winter.〔 There have been four Hurtigruten ships with the name of ''Nordnorge'', which is Norwegian for "Northern Norway" - the common name of the three northern Norwegian counties. During 2009 ''Nordnorge'' did not operate on the coast of Norway. Very little information about its employment has been released by the owners but it appears that the ship was hired out at the end of 2008 as a hotel ship in the Mediterranean, possibly in Venice.〔(Nordlys newspaper, Tromsø )〕 ==Rescues== On January 30, 2007 the ''Nordnorge'' came to the aid of the MS ''Nordkapp'' after the ''Nordkapp'' ran aground in the Antarctic. All 294 passengers were safely evacuated from the ''Nordkapp'' and were taken to Ushuaia, Argentina.〔(The Age )〕 On November 23, 2007 the ''Nordnorge'' was involved in the rescue of all passengers and crew〔(Dagbladet )〕 from the MS ''Explorer'' after the ''Explorer'' struck an iceberg in the Antarctic. All 100 passengers and 54 crew on the ''Explorer'' were safely rescued; the ''Explorer'' later sank.〔(Eye witness account of the rescue )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「MS Nordnorge (1996)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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