{"id":12830,"date":"2018-09-02T19:27:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T17:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=12830"},"modified":"2018-09-02T19:27:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T17:27:30","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=12830","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/matkustajalaivat.com\/?page_id=12812\">Back to\u00a0Ship<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 History<\/h3>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"left\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"140\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td>LOI<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"140\" height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td>Building contract<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Building started<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1\/7\/1981<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Keel laid<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">22\/5\/1982<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Launch<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Sea trial<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Second sea trial<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2\/12\/1982<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Delivered to\u00a0Troms Fylkes D\/S A\/S, Troms\u00f8, Norway<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">5\/12\/1982<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Hurtigruten service Bergen &#8211; 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Kirknes route<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">3\/2006<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Owner Hurtigruten ASA<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">\u00a09\/2007<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Sold to\u00a0\u00a0Lindblad Expedition, Nassau, Bahamas<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">18\/10\/2007<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Delivered to new owner.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">19\/10\/2007<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Rebuild to cruise ship by Cityvarvet, G\u00f6teborg.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">1\/2008<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Continue rebuilding on Las Palmas.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">6\/2008<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Owner\u00a0\u00a0Lex Explorer LCC, Nassau, Bahamas New name National Geographic Explorer.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\">2008<\/td>\n<td width=\"640\">Cruises Around the world.<\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"17\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"640\"><\/td>\n<td width=\"127\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back to\u00a0Ship &nbsp; 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