MS Roald Amundsen

MS Roald Amundsen is a hybrid powered expedition cruise ship operated by Norwegian company Hurtigruten AS.

[4] She was built by Kleven Yards of Norway and started her maiden voyage on 3 July 2019 from the Norwegian port Tromsø to Hamburg.

[10] In late February 2018, Hurtigruten announced that the company would not take delivery of Roald Amundsen until 2019 because of problems at the shipyard.

[14] Later that evening, it was revealed that a passenger from Vesterålen aboard the 17 July 2020 cruise had tested positive for the virus days earlier, and that on 29 July 2020, an official from Vesterålen clearly informed at least four people in Hurtigruten, as well as the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), about the positive case, and recommended that all passengers on the second sailing be informed on the same day.

[22] Troms Parliament Member Kent Gudmundsen expressed shock over Hurtigruten's management of the situation,[22] and Minister of Health and Care Services Bent Høie praised the efforts of Tromsø and the NIPH in containing the virus.

[22] Up to 69 municipalities might have been affected by the outbreak, and officials had still been unable to contact 20 of the 177 passengers aboard the 27 July cruise by evening.