U-Seabourn, umholi olwandle olunethezekile nohambo lohambo, ufinyelele enye ingqopha-mlando lapho i-Seabourn Venture yenza ukuvakasha kwayo okokuqala ngqa e-Antarctica.
Umkhumbi wokuqala wohambo olwakhiwe ngenhloso yolayini, i-Seabourn Venture imake uhambo lokuqala lokuya “Ezweni Elimhlophe Elimhlophe” ngomcimbi wokuqamba ngokusemthethweni ngeSonto, Novemba 20, 2022, lapho umkhumbi ufika ume eqhweni elisheshayo oLwandle iWeddell. , ingxenye ye-Southern Ocean.
Izivakashi zika-Seabourn Venture, ezisebenza njengonkulunkulu abahloniphekile, zijoyine unkulunkulukazi womkhumbi, umhambi womhlaba wonke, umqwali wezintaba kanye nomhloli wezintaba u-Alison Levine, owafeza imisebenzi yakhe yemikhosi cishe, ukufisela u-Seabourn Venture izibusiso eziningi nohambo olumangalisayo oluzayo. Ithimba lasemkhunjini likhiphe ibhodlela elenziwe ngeqhwa elaphuka emkhunjini, okuyisiko elihlonishwe kudala lokuqamba umkhumbi. Izivakashi kanye nethimba lomkhumbi bonke bebemamatheka kulo lonke umcimbi, bekhuthazwe amapaki abo ebanga lohambo lwase-Seabourn ngesikhathi bethosa i-Seabourn Venture. Ngemva komcimbi, u-Robin West, iPhini Likamongameli we-Seabourn we-Expedition Operations, wakhuluma ngefa lohambo lomkhiqizo we-Seabourn futhi wabelana ngenjabulo anayo ngohambo lwemikhumbi oluqhutshwa ukuzijabulisa oluzayo. Luciano Bernacchi, Izindawo zokuhlala e-Seabourn Venture Umholi Wohambo, uncome uKapteni Stig Betten ngokuthola indawo ekahle yomcimbi, ohlangatshezwe nomoya ozolile nesibhakabhaka esihle esiluhlaza.
“Besikulindele ngabomvu Izindawo zokuhlala e-Seabourn Venture uhambo lokuqala oluya e-Antarctica kusukela ngesikhathi umkhumbi uqala ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka,” kusho uMengameli waseSeabourn uJosh Leibowitz. “Izwekazi elimangalisayo lihlanganisa ngqo lokho esithemba ukukulethela izivakashi ezihamba ngomkhumbi wethu omusha: uhambo, ukutholwa kanye nezimanga ezimangalisayo. Ngobuhle bendawo ye-Antarctic kanye nemvelo ngemuva, bekuyindawo ekahle ngempela yokuqamba umkhumbi wohambo oluphambili, i-Seabourn Venture.”
Yize i-Seabourn Venture yethulwa ngoJulayi 27, 2022, eTromsø, eNorway, uSeabourn wakhetha i-Antarctica ngomcimbi wokuqamba igama njengoba izwekazi eliseningizimu kakhulu limele yonke into umkhumbi ohloselwe yona. Umkhumbi wasuka eSan Antonio, eChile, ngoNovemba 7, 2022, wehla ngogu lwaseChile, izivakashi ezivuza ngobuhle obumangalisayo eziteshini, emincane, imisindo, ama-fjords, nezinguzunga zeqhwa, ngaphambi kokufika ezwenikazi elineqhwa.
