Logbook & Photo Gallery of the Northwest Passage

Adventure of the Northwest Passage – Discover a legendary Sea

Seafarers from all over the world sought the Northwest Passage for more than 400 years. But their efforts were all in vain. The first expedition under the command of Didrik Pining in 1473 probably did not get any further than Greenland. In 1576, the Englishman Martin Frobisher made three attempts to penetrate the unending tangle of islands. But his mission was not crowned with success. On his last Pacific voyage between 1776 and 1779, even James Cook joined the search for a sea route between Europe and Asia. John Franklin and his men tragically lost their lives when they set off for the Arctic in 1845. Finally, Amundsen was the first to triumph over the legendary Northwest Passage in 1903 to 1906.
Experience this extraordinary route on board the HANSEATIC and the BREMEN. See the world with the eyes of great explorers: the lives of the Inuit, polar bears as they hunt for seals, musk oxen grazing in the tundra, white whales swimming next to and bald eagles flying above the HANSEATIC and the BREMEN – with you right in the middle.

Captain Mark Behrend

Mark Behrend from South Hesse knew very early where his dream job
was to take him: on board a large ship. After finishing his nautical studies in 1989, he joined the crew of a Hapag-Lloyd AG container ship as 3rd officer. After additional studies concluded by a technical degree, he worked as an engineer and, combining the two professions, as the ship operational officer. In 2000, Mark Behrend transferred to Hapag-Lloyd Cruises and travelled on the cruise ships EUROPA and COLUMBUS as well as on the expedition ship BREMEN as staff captain and commanding officer. Today he takes his enthusiastic passengers through the spectacular Northwest Passage and to other exciting sights.