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Compagnie du Ponant Celebrates 25 Years of Five-Star Yacht Cruising with Refined French Flair;
Marks 10 Years as Leading Polar Expedition Specialist
with July Launch of Newest Polar-Designed Ship, Le Soléal, to Explore the 'Secret Arctic'
 
[Le Soleal: Exterior and Interior Entrance]
MARSEILLE -- (February 28, 2013) -- Compagnie du Ponant, the only French-flagged cruise line and a best-kept secret among cruise insiders, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with the July launch of its newest ship, Le Soléal. The 132-stateroom state-of-the-art vessel will be the fourth luxury cruise yacht in the five-star company's chic flotilla, joining similarly designed sister ships Le Boreal (2010) and L'Austral (2011) and the 32-stateroom, three-masted sailing yacht,Le Ponant.
Highly flexible and able to sail in waters not accessible to larger ships, these sleek Compagnie du Ponant yachts visit exotic ports not found on many itineraries, allowing their 64 to 264 guests to discover engaging new experiences aboard and ashore during 3 - to 21-night cruises throughout the Arctic, Antarctica, Russia, Asia, the U.S. and Canada, the Caribbean, South America, Northern Europe and the Baltic, Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, the Greek Isles and Turkey. Options abound, from five-star polar expeditions, cultural cruises and ocean voyages to dive-, golf- and culinary-themed cruises.
For the past 10 years, the company has honed its abilities as a polar expedition cruise expert, offering specialty polar expeditions aboard the company's new generation of "clean ship" rated (by VERITAS) vessels with state-of-the-art technology designed specifically to safely navigate the extremes of the Arctic and Antarctic while also protecting fragile ecosystems.
Le Soléal's inaugural season will explore the "Secret Arctic" in the company of leading polar expedition guides, lecturers and naturalists, visiting adventurous destinations that include little-known spots in Iceland, Greenland and along the legendary Northwest Passage that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Bering Strait, marking the first visit by French ships to the Northwest Passage since the French polar expeditions were launched by the Duke of Orleans from 1905 - 1909.
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Since its founding in 1988 by two French Merchant Navy o
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