Viking is rolling out two new long itineraries in the Great Lakes where the line is sailing its two expedition ships, Viking Polaris and the Viking Octantis. Last year, Viking sailed its debut ...

Shipping in the Great Lakes first began about three hundred years ago with French fur trappers, followed by loggers, salt ...

Viking has two expedition ships, the Octantis and the Polaris. And while they ply the frigid waters of the Arctic and ...

Loreen Niewenhuis of Traverse City is the ship’s Great Lakes specialist. She has written three books about them, including one about her 1,000-mile hike around Lake Michigan.

Viking introduced expeditions to the Great Lakes in May, with plans next spring to double down with a second expedition ship, the Viking Polaris, after a season in the Antarctic.

The ship, 665 feet long and 77 feet wide, was built specifically to traverse the Great Lakes, with a narrow profile that just fits through the 78-foot-wide Welland Canal, linking lakes Ontario and ...

LOS ANGELES, May 30, 2024--Viking® (www.viking.com) (NYSE: VIK) today is celebrating the start of its third season in the Great Lakes, with both of its identical expedition ships, the Viking ...

Hagen, the Viking chairman, had wondered where else the vessel could go when it wasn’t wintering at the ends of the earth. “What about the Great Lakes?” he mused. “Everyone knows where ...

The 665 foot ship was built in 2022 and will make stops in 13 locations along the Great Lakes. Viking already has one ship doing the rounds in the Great Lakes, but after being fully booked, they ...

Viking Expeditions’ 202-metre-long Viking Octantis polar class cruise ship quietly slipped into Port Colborne Saturday morning as it kicked off the 2023 passenger ship season on the Great Lakes.

New Voyages Announced for 2026 Will Bring a Viking Ship to Chicago for the First Time “The Great Lakes region is a phenomenal place that is close to home for many of our guests, but one that few ...

Viking Expeditions’ 202-metre-long Viking Octantis polar class cruise ship quietly slipped into Port Colborne Saturday morning as it kicked off the 2023 passenger ship season on the Great Lakes.