MS Polaris

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Name:	Disko (1968–2000) Shearwater (2000-2001) Brand Polaris (2001-2003) Viking Polaris (2003-2004) Polaris (since 2004)
Owner:	Murmansk Shipping Company
Operator:	Murmansk Shipping Company
Port of registry:	Murmansk
Builder:	A/S Svendborg Skibsværft
Yard number:	122
Completed:	1 April, 1968
Homeport:	Murmansk, Russia
Identification:	IMO number: 6807395
Status:	in active service, as of 2024
General characteristics
Type:	Passenger ship
Tonnage:	2,097 GT
Displacement:	556 tons
Length:	70.56 metres LOA
Draught:	4.4 m m
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-build 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.

See also

• Danish shipping registry
• Russian Maritime Register
• Great Canadian Travel Company