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'We won't forget what happened': Oceanwide Expeditions unveils ship visit plans to move on from hantavirus tragedy

Expedition cruise
Harry Kemble
25 June 2026

Oceanwide Expeditions has identified opportunities for its agent partners to experience its incoming purpose-built polar ships as the specialist line tries to move on from the hantavirus tragedy.

Oceanwide Expeditions' Franklin Braeckman
TTG Media

Oceanwide Expeditions' Antarctic Programme Manager Franklin Braeckman hopes agents can experience the line's new ships from 2029 onwards

The remaining Oceanwide Expeditions passengers on both sides of the Atlantic left quarantine this week, bringing an end to the outbreak which caught the attention of the world's media and resulted in several fatalities.

After speaking at the Expedition Cruise Network's Summer Soiree event on Wednesday (24 June), Franklin Braeckman, Antarctic Programme Manager at Oceanwide, told TTG the line is keen to continue executing its growth plans following the hantavirus outbreak.