From Dry Dock in Chile
There have been no Daily Expedition Reports from the Endeavour this week because she is in dry dock in Chile. We thought it would be fun to show some progress pictures of the ship as she goes through this work. The lower photo shows the ship in its current position, in dry dock where every inch of the exterior hull is completely sand blasted and cleaned and then painted with several fresh coats of special marine paint made to endure the ice conditions the Endeavour is often exposed to in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
This dry dock is quite a short one, but we are completing a large amount of work, going around the clock for fourteen days. The hull work, various bits of steel replacement, renewed sea chests, a variety of new pipes and valves, renewed tanks and all the annual inspections are all carried out every year.
In addition, this year we’ve undertaken two very ambitious projects. One is the complete renovation of 52 bathrooms in guest cabins. We are renewing these from the bare steel – including new tile floors, new walls, new vanities, new fixtures and new lighting. These will be fresh and new when we resume operations on April first. The other large project is the complete renovation of the lounge. We’re adding new furniture for all areas of the lounge, new window treatments, new plasma screens for great viewing from any seat, new carpets and other new finishes. The other picture above shows the lounge today cleared of all finishes.
Another exciting change is the name of the ship from MS Endeavour to MS National Geographic Endeavour. When operations resume on April first in Valparaiso Chile, the ship will be christened with her new name, ushering in a host of new opportunities to combine ambitions exploration, science and technology. Together we’ll be furthering the world of scientific knowledge and exploration through expedition travel.
There have been no Daily Expedition Reports from the Endeavour this week because she is in dry dock in Chile. We thought it would be fun to show some progress pictures of the ship as she goes through this work. The lower photo shows the ship in its current position, in dry dock where every inch of the exterior hull is completely sand blasted and cleaned and then painted with several fresh coats of special marine paint made to endure the ice conditions the Endeavour is often exposed to in the Arctic and the Antarctic.
This dry dock is quite a short one, but we are completing a large amount of work, going around the clock for fourteen days. The hull work, various bits of steel replacement, renewed sea chests, a variety of new pipes and valves, renewed tanks and all the annual inspections are all carried out every year.
In addition, this year we’ve undertaken two very ambitious projects. One is the complete renovation of 52 bathrooms in guest cabins. We are renewing these from the bare steel – including new tile floors, new walls, new vanities, new fixtures and new lighting. These will be fresh and new when we resume operations on April first. The other large project is the complete renovation of the lounge. We’re adding new furniture for all areas of the lounge, new window treatments, new plasma screens for great viewing from any seat, new carpets and other new finishes. The other picture above shows the lounge today cleared of all finishes.
Another exciting change is the name of the ship from MS Endeavour to MS National Geographic Endeavour. When operations resume on April first in Valparaiso Chile, the ship will be christened with her new name, ushering in a host of new opportunities to combine ambitions exploration, science and technology. Together we’ll be furthering the world of scientific knowledge and exploration through expedition travel.
