Polar Pioneer

Polar Pioneer is a Finnish-built expedition cruise ship managed by the swedish shipowners Polar Alca Maritime AB.
The ship was built in Finland in 1982 as the Akademik Schuleykin (), an ice-strengthened research ship, and for many years she plied the waters of the USSR's northern coast. In 2000 she was refurbished in St. Petersburg to provide comfortable accommodation for 54 passengers.
Her sister ships are "Akademik Shokalskiy", "Arnold Veymer", "Akademik Gamburtsev", "Professor Molchanov", "Professor Multanovskiy", "Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin", "Professor Polshkov", "Professor Khromov".
Polar Pioneer is chartered by Polar Pioneer Management AS.