A Norwegian cruise ship is banned from sailing to Russia’s Franz Josef Land
Hurtigruten's MS Spitsbergen was abruptly forced to cancel plans to sail to the Russian Arctic archipelago via Murmansk.
August 20, 2019
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Two-hundred fifty passengers will no longer get to Franz Josef Land in the Russian Arctic as originally planned, after Hurtigruten was forced to cancel a sailing there just two weeks before the first voyage when Russian authorities denied permission.
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