29/07/2023, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway.

A Faroese registered expedition cruise ship.
Originally built as a passenger ship for the Greenland trade.

Keel laid on 31/05/1991, launched on 22/08/1991, and completed on 08/05/1992, by Orskov Christensens, Fredrikshavn, Denmark (157)
1,128 g.t. and 157 dwt., as:
'Saqqit Ittuk' to 2004,
'Disko II' to 2007,
'Quest' to 2016,
'Sea Endurance to 2018, and
'Quest' since.

In 2004 the vessel was converted to a passenger/cruise ship with a new gross tonnage of 1,121.

Photo with the kind permission of Ovanes Agaryan.