E-SEATTLE, WA - Njengoba iNingizimu Melika iphuma njengenye yezindawo ezihamba phambili zokuhamba ngomkhumbi, okuhambisana nesidingo sabagibeli abafisa ukuzwa le ngxenye yomhlaba ngendlela esondelene kakhulu nephambili, iVeendam izohamba ngomkhumbi eNingizimu Melika ekwindla. 2009 kanye nesizini yasebusika nentwasahlobo ka-2010. Ngesikhathi i-Veendam iqala uhambo lwayo ngomkhumbi eNingizimu Melika, izobe isilungisiwe kabanzi okuhlanganisa ichibi lokungcebeleka elisha, amagumbi amasha e-lanai stateroom, ukuzijabulisa okusha nezinketho zokucebisa, konke ukuhlobisa okusha kwe-stateroom nokunye. Umkhumbi osanda kulungiswa uzohlangana noNks Prinsendam naye osaseNingizimu Melika nase-Antarctica ngo-2010.
Ukuhamba ngomkhumbi okungu-10 e-Veendam kusuka ezinsukwini eziyi-16 kuye kwezingama-20. Ngokungeziwe ohambweni olusebenzisa ichweba, izihambeli zizojabulela ukuhamba ngomkhumbi okubabazekayo emhlabeni njengoba i-Veendam izulazula kuma-fjords nezinguzunga zeqhwa zezwekazi. Ukwengeza, uzochitha isikhathi esiningi emachwebeni kunemizila eminingi emikhulu yokuhamba ngomkhumbi futhi uwukuphela komzila wesikebhe ohamba phambili onikeza ubusuku obubodwa eRio de Janeiro naseBuenos Aires ohambweni olukhethiwe.
"Sibone ukwanda kwabahambi abafisa ukuthatha uhambo lwaseNingizimu Melika ngomkhumbi ohamba phambili, ophakathi nendawo," kusho uRichard D. Meadows, i-CTC, iphini likamongameli omkhulu, izinhlelo zokuthengisa, zokuthengisa nezivakashi, i-Holland America Line. “NjengoNks Veendam osanda kulungiswa ngomkhumbi waseNingizimu Melika ngo-2009 nango-2010, kanye noNks Prinsendam, i-Elegant Explorer yethu engu-793-guest, sikulungele ngokuphelele ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zabahambi ezicwasayo kanye nokuhlinzeka ngemali ekhokhelwayo, ecebisayo nengenakulibaleka leli zwekazi elimangalisayo.”
Kulabo abafuna ukunweba iholide labo, i-Holland America Line inikeza izinkambo ezimbalwa zomhlaba zangaphambi nangemva kokuhamba ngomkhumbi. Izivakashi zingakhetha ukuchitha ubusuku obengeziwe noma obubili e-Rio de Janeiro nase-Santiago de chile. Izivakashi nazo zingathatha uhambo lokuya ezweni elisukela ezinsukwini ezimbili kuya kweziyisihlanu ukuya emanxiweni adumile e-Machu Picchu e-Peru, i-Iguacu Falls, esemngceleni we-Brazil ne-Argentina, kanye nezwe lewayini lase-Chile.
