SH Vega, Swan Hellenic’s second bespoke expedition ship, has taken to the water for the first time with her floating out in Helsinki. The first vessel in the fleet, twin sister SH Minerva, launched at the end of 2021 and is already exploring Antarctica. Work on a third slightly larger vessel began last summer and

Swan Hellenic’s renaissance continues with the recent christening of SH Minerva in Helsinki, pictured. The ship was named by godmother Johanna Mäkelä, Finland’s first professor of food culture and wife of Helsinki City Mayor Juhana Vartiainen, at a small private ceremony. Mayor Vartiainen was also present, along with Swan Hellenic CEO Andrea Zito and Helsinki