Expedition ship "Professor Khromov" set sail for the first cruise

The press service of the Ministry of Natural Resources announced the start of the first tourist cruise of the expedition ship Professor Khromov in the Far East. There are 45 passengers on board who will be able to visit the waters of specially protected natural areas of federal significance.

Before going on a cruise, the ship was modernized. "Professor Khromov" was built for polar and oceanographic research and has an ice class. The route was started from the port of Korsakov on Sakhalin. The journey will end in the port of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The cruise tour will last 10 days. During this time, the ship will cover 1.2 thousand nautical miles.

"Participants of the cruise will have to go along the entire Kuril archipelago: visit historical places associated with its development, get acquainted with the geology of the islands, see the battlefields of the Second World War. In addition, there will be an opportunity to see giant bird colonies, seal and walrus rookeries, the Arctic tundra or "mammoth steppe"," as per the message.

Tourists will have the opportunity to land on the Cape End of the World in the waters of the state nature reserve "Small Kuriles". Tourists will visit the Spanberg lighthouse, take pictures against the backdrop of sheer cliffs.
 
"For the season, the Panarctic Star tour operator has planned eight cruise voyages on five routes. Navigation will continue until early October, cruises will be held in three regions: Sakhalin Region, Kamchatka Territory, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. Among the specially protected natural areas that will be visited by participants of cruise tours - the Beringia National Park, the Wrangel Island and Koryaksky nature reserves, the Komandorsky natural biosphere reserve and others," the Ministry of Natural Resources said.