Next Generation Exploration

This ship embodies every innovation and validates every concept we’ve developed in over 50+ years of pioneering expedition travel. Our expedition teams will be able to use every aspect of National Geographic Resolution’s design and capabilities to create undreamed of opportunities for guests.

—SHAUN POWELL, DIRECTOR OF FIELD STAFF

Clockwise from upper left: Our new loading bays will allow us to deploy our fleet of Zodiacs quickly; the spacious new Basecamp offers warm, ‘welcome home’ storage for your expedition parka and gear; a high-tech Bridge, adapted to accommodate every guest aboard, lets all share the thrill of being underway; the Bow Observation Deck provides an unparalleled vantage point; the patented X-Bow® makes polar travel safe, smooth, and thrilling.

National Geographic Resolution is an extraordinary platform for expedition adventure thanks to her many state-of-the-art features and tools, including:

✓ A fully-stabilized PC5 ice class passenger vessel

✓ Omni-directional WESMAR HD860 sonar for scanning the sea floor in order to navigate poorly-charted waters

✓ Patented X-Bow® design for smoothest, most comfortable ride

✓ Advanced sustainability engineering: larger fuel tanks, a more fuel-efficient engine with cleanest exhaust gases, plus large water tanks make National Geographic Resolution more eco-friendly and able to range far beyond ordinary limits

✓ Optimal viewing and photography opportunities from unprecedented forward and down-the-sides sightlines, plus multiple observation decks and new observation wings

✓ Heated outdoor dining, observation, and rejuvenation areas offer innovative opportunities to stay comfortably connected to the stellar outdoors and wildlife sighting opportunities

✓ A suite of expeditions tools: Fleet of Zodiacs, kayaks, crosscountry skis for early season voyages, an ROV, hydrophones, video microscope, underwater video technology, and more

✓ Hyper-efficient Zodiac loading for ‘getting out there’ more swiftly and safely