Viking lero adalengeza za sitima yake yoyamba yoyendera - 378-mlendo Viking Octantis - "idayandama," kusonyeza ntchito yaikulu yomanga komanso nthawi yoyamba yomwe sitimayo yatsopano imagwira madzi. Idakonzedwa koyambirira kwa 2022, Viking Octantis adzathera nyengo yake yoyamba paulendo wapamadzi wopita ku Antarctica ndi Nyanja Yaikulu ya ku North America. Sitima yapamadzi yachiwiri yofanana, Viking Polaris, inyamuka m'chilimwe cha 2022 ndipo idzayenda ulendo wopita ku Antarctica ndi Arctic.
"Pogwira ntchito ndi Fincantieri pazaka zisanu ndi zitatu zapitazi, tapanga zombo zapanyanja zokongola kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndife okondwa kupitiliza mgwirizano wathu ndi VARD ya Fincantieri ndikukondwerera chochitika chofunikira kwambiri pakumanga sitima yathu yoyamba yoyendera, "atero a Torstein Hagen, Wapampando wa Viking. “Popanga ‘ulendo wa munthu woganiza bwino,’ tikukonzekera ulendo wapanyanja wa polar, ndipo tidzayambitsa nyengo yatsopano yofufuza zinthu bwino mkati mwa North America. Viking Octantis ndi mlongo wake chombo, Viking Polaris, idzalola alendo athu kufufuza mowonjezereka - mpaka kumalekezero a dziko lapansi komanso pafupi ndi kwathu. Ndikufuna kuthokoza abwenzi athu ku VARD ndi aliyense wogwira ntchito pabwalo chifukwa cha khama komanso kudzipereka pantchito yomanga Viking Octantis; tikuyembekezera kumulandira ku zombo zathu kumayambiriro kwa 2022. "
Kuyandama kunja ndi kofunikira chifukwa kumatanthauza sitima yomwe ikupita kumapeto kwake. Mwambo woyandama wa Viking Octantis zachitika lero, December 22; Kenako adasamutsidwa ku doko lapafupi kuti amangenso ndikumanganso mkati. Pambuyo pazovala zomaliza, Viking Octantis idzaperekedwa ku Fincantieri's VARD shipyard ku Søviknes, Norway.
Ofufuza olemekezeka Liv Arnesen ndi Ann Bancroft adzalemekezedwa monga amayi a mulungu Viking Octantis ndi Viking Polaris, motero. Arnesen, mbadwa ya ku Norway, adakhala mkazi woyamba padziko lapansi kusewera pawokha komanso osathandizidwa ku South Pole mu 1994. Bancroft ndi mkazi woyamba kutsetsereka bwino kumitengo yonseyi. Arnesen ndi Bancroft adakhalanso amayi oyamba kudumphadumpha ku Antarctica mu 2001. Onse pamodzi adayambitsa Bancroft Arnesen Explore / Access Water, ntchito yomwe cholinga chake ndi kupatsa mphamvu anthu oposa 60 miliyoni kuti apange mawa okhazikika.
