| Aurora cancels Shokalskiy

QUESTIONS over the continued operation of
adventure cruising specialist Aurora
Expeditions have been addressed by the cruise
line, with a spokesperson telling Cruise Weekly
that the company has made an early
cancellation of its short term charter of the
vessel Akademik Shokalskiy which was due to
run until March 2013.
Akademik Shokalskiy joined the Aurora fleet
in 2011.
Although the spokesperson did not comment
further on the charter, the company did say
that despite the cancellation, it will still
continue operate its traditional program of
voyages to Scotland, the European Arctic,
Antarctica, the Kimberley Coast and Papua
New Guinea in 2012/2013.
Stay tuned to CW for more Aurora updates
next week.