Cruise: Major cruise line returns to sailing – but passengers can not stop at ports

Hurtigruten line also plans to relaunch its 530-passenger Roald Amundsen ship, which will operate seven and 150-day long expedition cruises from Tromso, Norway, to the Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic.

Meanwhile, the 335-passenger Spitsbergen will return to the waters embarking on three- to five-day trips out of Longyearbyen, a small town in the Svalbard archipelago.

Of course, social distancing and hygiene measures are now a top priority for cruise companies.

The new sailings will include “hundreds of small and large measures to keep our guests and crew safe and healthy,” Hurtigruten CEO Daniel Skjeldam said.

“Some of them are transitory, some will be permanent.