![]() The Crystal Serenity plans to return to the Northwest Passage in August 2017.īut if you want to cruise the Northwest Passage in luxury, you’ll need deep pockets. This waste will then be offloaded outside the Arctic. Some garbage will be burned in the incinerator on board, while other trash, recycling and food waste will be collected and stored on board the escort vessel, the company said. The Crystal Serenity will also operate with a “nothing overboard” policy, which means no garbage or food waste of any kind will be thrown overboard. Marine traffic emissions from ships are a major contributor to pollution in the Arctic, but travelling at a slower pace and using low-sulfur fuel could reduce emissions, studies show. “This will minimize the carbon footprint,” says the company. The Crystal Serenity’s speed has been set relatively low, so only two of its six diesel generators will be required for most of the transit. The Crystal Serenity won’t be alone as it travels through High Arctic Islands - among the safety measures, listed by Serenity Cruises is an escort vessel equipped with oil spill cleanup equipment and a helicopter. ![]() The goal: to avoid all problems when the ship with its 1,070 passengers and 655 crew members on board goes through the passage, so there won’t be any replay of the grounding of the Clipper Adventurer near Kugluktuk in 2010. Next month, the United States Coast Guard, the Canadian Coast Guard, Transport Canada, Alaska State Emergency offices, the cruise line company, Crystal Cruises, and the North Slope Borough also plan to hold a table-top exercise to review their emergency response plans, according to the Maritime Executive. Population estimates from the Nunavut Bureau of Statistics for 2011 show Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet each had 1,600 or fewer residents. Those visitors will likely exceed the population of the communities they visit. Representatives from Cambridge Bay and Pond Inlet will meet this week to strategize with people in Ulukhaktok, NWT, where the ship - the largest cruise ship ever to travel through the Northwest Passage - will also stop Aug. 29, and in Pond Inlet, where people will see the ship come to call Sept. The Crystal Serenity’s itinerary for August 2016 has already received attention - from people in the Northwest Territories and in Nunavut, where Cambridge Bay will welcome the ship’s 1,700 or so passengers and crew Aug.
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