Viking celebrated its 25th anniversary with a historic get-together in Amsterdam as three classes of Viking ships met before sailing in a special convoy to IJmuiden.
Leading the way was longship Viking Mani followed by new expedition vessel Viking Polaris and ocean vessel Viking Mars. The event on 1 March also featured the naming of Polaris and her identical sister ship, Viking Octantis.
Both ships will spend the Austral summer in Antarctica, before travelling north to the Great Lakes for a series of voyages during spring and summer.
Viking’s 25th anniversary celebration in Amsterdam is the most recent event during a milestone year in which the company has also welcomed to its fleet eight new Viking Longships on the rivers of Europe and new purpose-built vessels on the Mekong, Nile and Mississippi