VIKING ENDOWS NEW CHAIR OF POLAR MARINE GEOSCIENCE AT UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Viking® (www.viking.com) today announced it has partnered with the University of Cambridge to establish a new Professorship aimed at advancing research in the field of polar environmental science. The Viking Polar Marine Geoscience Fund will endow the University's Scott Polar Research Institute with its first-ever fully funded professorship—the Viking Chair of Polar Marine Geoscience. This new post will enhance the scientific leadership at the Institute and will enable the development of new lines of research into the behavior of polar environments, including polar ice sheets, sea ice and ocean circulation. The research fund builds on Viking's existing partnership with Cambridge University's Scott Polar Research Institute, which played a significant role in developing the scientific enrichment program for the company's new expedition vessels that launched earlier this year.
- The Viking Polar Marine Geoscience Fund will endow the University's Scott Polar Research Institute with its first-ever fully funded professorshipthe Viking Chair of Polar Marine Geoscience.
- Viking's first expedition vessel, the Viking Octantis , debuted in January 2022 and spent the Austral summer in Antarctica.
- By establishing the Viking Polar Marine Geoscience Fund, we are also ensuring that the Scott Polar Research Institute is able to continue critical work in perpetuitysome of which will be conducted on board."
- Viking's expedition fleet includes the new Polar Class Viking Octantis and Viking Polaris , which host 378 guests in 189 staterooms.