MS Polaris
| Name | list error: <br /> list (help) Disko (1968–2000) Shearwater (2000–2001) Brand Polaris (2001–2003) Viking Polaris (2003–2005) Polaris (since 2005) |
| Owner | list error: <br /> list (help) 1968–2000: Greenland Tourism 2001–2001: Viking Polaris 2000–2001: Gallion Shipping 2001–2004: Viking Polaris 2004–2004: Silvero Shipping 2005–2012: Murmansk Shipping[1] |
| Operator | list error: <br /> list (help) 1968–2000: Greenland Tourism 2000–2000: Dala Rederi 2000–2001: Betz eft. 2001–2003: Viking Polaris 2003–2003: Sophlex Ship Management 2003–2004: Swedish Adventure Cruises 2004–2004: J. Gran & Co. A/S Shipbrokers 2004–2004: NB Maritime Management Cyprus 2005–2012: Murmansk Shipping[2] |
| Port of registry | list error: <br /> list (help) 1968–1999: Maniitsoq,  Greenland 1999–2000: Nakskov,  Denmark[3] 2000–2004: Nassau,  Bahamas 2004–2004: Kingstown  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines[4] 2005–2012: Murmansk  Russia |
| Builder | A/S Svendborg Skibsværft |
| Yard number | 122 |
| Completed | 16 April 1968[5] |
| Identification | list error: <br /> list (help) Call sign: UBDF IMO number: 6807395 MMSI number: 273430670 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
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| Type | Cruise ship[6] |
| Tonnage | list error: <br /> list (help) 2,097 GT 556 DWT[7] and 445 DWT[8] |
| Displacement | 2,178 tons[9] |
| Length | 70.56 m (231.5 ft)[10] |
| Beam | 13.54 m (44.4 ft)[11] |
| Draught | 4.4 m (14 ft)[12] |
| Depth | 8.0 m |
| Decks | 5 |
| Propulsion | 1 Scania SI 14 61 M4OD diesel engine |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Capacity | 80 passengers |
| Crew | 36 |
MS Polaris is a Russian-owned, Danish-built passenger ship currently in service with the Murmansk Shipping Company and based in Murmansk. It was built in 1968 and until 2000 served as a ferry to and from Greenland, mainly passenger transfers along the Greenland coastline before transferring to the Bahamas, then Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, presumably as a tourist ship. Finally, it moved to Russia where it is based today.
It holds 80 passengers and is equipped with a lounge with bar, as well as a library, covered deck, outside deck and a gift shop. It was renovated at Tallinn, Estonia in 2005 and now offers cruises in the Barents Sea and transfers from Murmansk to St. Petersburg, Archangelsk, the Solovets Islands and is also the only ship that stops at Vaygach Island.
It was surveyed in Murmansk on 27 February 2010 and found to be in good condition.
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