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Crystal Serenity Prepares for Arctic Voyages
In preparation for cruise liner Crystal Serenity's planned Arctic
summer cruise in 2016, Crystal Cruises has selected Rutter Inc.'s
sigma S6 Small Target Surveillance (STS) and Ice Navigator
systems to provide enhanced small target detection of first-year
and multi-year sea ice as well as other floating hazards to safe
navigation.
This summer's voyage will be the world's first luxury cruise
liner to sail from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean via the
Canadian Northwest Passage.
In addition to the installation of sigma S6 Small Target
Surveillance and Ice Navigator systems, Crystal Serenity will be
accompanied during the voyage by an escort vessel that will carry
additional safety and environmental protection equipment. On the
escort vessel will be installed a dedicated sigma S6 Ice
Navigator radar system that will allow for the detailed sweep of
the area in advance of the Serenity.
"Rutter's sigma S6 and WaMoS enhanced marine safety, security and
environmental monitoring radar systems are used globally, with
extensive use for ships operating in the Arctic and Antarctic,"
said Fraser Edison, Rutter Inc. President & CEO. "We are
pleased and excited to be working with both Crystal Cruises and
EYOS Expeditions Ltd, polar expedition experts and consultants
for this voyage, as they become the first luxury ship to transit
the Northwest Passage."
Rutter has been active for several years in the cruise industry
having previously supplied sigma S6 radar systems to other cruise
ships sailing into both the Arctic and Antarctic.
Mar 30, 2016
