Le Soléal is a cruise ship operated by Compagnie du Ponant.

[2] The ship was built at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy, and was launched on the 6 December 2012, being christened by Kiki Tauck Mahar.

Le Soléal became the first French commercial shipping vessel to traverse the Northwest Passage.

The vessel left Kangerlussuaq in Greenland on August 26, 2013, and arrived in Anadyr, in Russia on September 16, 2013.

[4] Media related to IMO 9641675 at Wikimedia Commons