Key Aspects: Crystal Cruises announced the upcoming retirement of Captain Birger J. Vorland. Capt. Vorland serves as the master of Crystal Serenity. He was captain of the ship when it sailed its pioneering Northwest Passage cruises. When Crystal Cruises’ Crystal Serenity became the first luxury cruise ship to traverse the Northwest Passage in 2016 and 2017, a set of pioneering 32-day journeys from Alaska to New York, it was Captain Birger J. Vorland standing at the helm. It was just one series of remarkable voyages Captain Vorland would experience in his nearly 48 years at...

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