One of the leading 50 richest Russians banker Oleg Tinkov, wants to provide what he calls a very first private icebreaker to the general public next year, before the EUR100 million vessel sets sail to the Antarctic to name a few locations.

Creator and owner of Tinkoff Bank, worth $2.2 billion, is going to display the SeaExplorer 77, the newest addition to his pet-project, La Dacha, at the significant worldwide private yacht program in Monaco as early as 2020.

Russian billionaire acquires world's first private icebreaker superyacht, to sail Antarctic in 2021


After the presentation, the superyacht will head to the gems of the Indian Ocean, the Seychelles and Madagascar, Russia’s beautiful Kamchatka peninsula and Alaska, before challenging its strengthened icebreaker hull in Antarctica in late 2021 and the beginning of 2022.

” It is yachting, but a totally different one,” Tinkov explained. “It’s about checking out, however not about drinking martini and showing off in Saint-Tropez.”

Russian billionaire acquires world's first private icebreaker superyacht, to sail Antarctic in 2021

The ‘icebreaker’ cost the billionaire more than EUR100 million (US$ 112 million). The lender desires to enjoy it himself for around 20 weeks annually and prepares to rent it for the rest for EUR690,000 each week.

Report has it that Microsoft Founder Bill Gates has actually revealed interest in the luxury sea adventure, and wants to have a three-week long charter, while a Russian business people from the Forbes list, whose name Tinkov did not expose, desires to lease the boat for 6 months.

Russian billionaire acquires world's first private icebreaker superyacht, to sail Antarctic in 2021

The entrepreneur says he was the first to order such a vessel. In fact, it is an expedition luxury yacht, which can break ice up to 40 centimeters thick and preserve autonomy at sea for approximately 40 days.

The 77-meter vessel, providing high-end accommodation for approximately 12 guests in addition to the crew, likewise features 2 helicopter garages, a dive center and decompression chamber, and carries a submersible, 2 snow scooters and waverunners.

News source: https://creigtour.com/russian-billionaire-acquires-worlds-first-private-icebreaker-superyacht-to-sail-antarctic-in-2021/

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