The website Cruise Critic reports Hurtigruten is pulling the Nordnorge out of Antarctica because the vessel is needed to replace one that sails along the Norwegian coast between bergen and Kirkenes - Hurtigruten's core business - and is being sold.
http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=2640
Maybe they are also rather fed up with the difficulties of operating in the White Continent. This is the ship that last year went aground in Deception Island and then came to the aid of passengers who had escaped from the sinking Explorer. This year Fram, its newest ship, which will continue to do Antarctica cruises, had to limp home early after hitting an iceberg.
Jane Archer
