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Clipper Cruise Line profile.
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| Clipper Cruise Line was founded in 1982 by St. Louis-businessman Barney Ebsworth. A subsidiary of INTRAV, the deluxe-tour operator, Clipper today offers a wide array of international and domestic voyages aboard its four small ships. In September 1999, Clipper and its parent company, INTRAV, were purchased by Swiss-based Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd. Clipper remains a separate business entity in the marketplace. Anticipating growing demand for smaller ships with minimal impact on the environment from the beginning, Clipper’s two U.S.-flag ships, the 100-passenger Nantucket Clipper, built in 1984, and the 138-passenger Yorktown Clipper, built in 1988, were designed with the shallow draft and easy maneuverability necessary to provide access to secluded areas beyond the reach of larger ships and mainstream tourism. These ships sail a diverse selection of itineraries along the waterways of the Americas and in the Caribbean. To satisfy the demand for itineraries further afield, the 122-passenger expedition vessel Clipper Adventurer, which sails from Europe to the High Arctic and to Antarctica, and the luxurious 128-passenger Clipper Odyssey, with itineraries in the Far East and Pacific, were added to the fleet, offering a wide array of new voyages to our passengers. All of Clipper's journeys feature onboard naturalists, historians or other experts, selected for the particular destination. These lecturers enhance the passengers' enjoyment of the places visited as these voyages focus on education and exploration, rather than entertainment. Clipper known for its substantive itineraries -- comfortably appointed small ships, friendly and accommodating crews, and top-notch cuisine has been named one of the top-ten cruise lines in the world for the past five years by the readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine. | Fleet and itineraries:  Clipper Adventurer: Bahamas registered, built 1975, 4.364 gross tons, 122 passengers, 72 crew members.
Itineraries: Europe, Scandinavia, Iceland, the Canadian Arctic, the U.S., South America, Antarctica. |  Clipper Odyssey: Bahamas registered, built 1989, 5.218 gross tons, 128 passengers, 72 crew members.
Itineraries: New Zealand, Australia's Great Barrier Reef, Japan, South-East Asia the Kuril Islands, the Russian Far East, Kamchatka Peninsula, Alaska. |  Yorktown Clipper: US registered, built 1988, 97 gross tons, 138 passengers, 42 crew members.
Itineraries: Caribbean, Panama Canal, Costa Rica, West Coast Mexico, British Columbia, Alaska. |  Nantucket Clipper: US registered, built 1984, 92 gross tons, 102 passengers, 36 crew members.
Itineraries: Caribbean, Central America, Intracoastal waterways of the U.S. and Canada, Eastern Canada, New England. |
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