NgoNovemba 15, iSilver Cloud yaqala uhambo lwayo lokuqala njengomkhumbi wohambo. okuyiyo, ekhasini elifanayo lenkampani yokuthumela impahla yaseSilversea, ichazwa njengayo kuphela ekwazi ukuhlanganisa ukuhamba ngezinyawo nokuzidela okuphezulu. Umkhumbi wasuka waya e-Antarctica usuka eBuenos Aires.
Izinyanga ezimbili iSilversea Cruises isiqedile ukulungisa kabusha iSilver Cloud ukuze ikwazi ukuzivumelanisa nezimo zokuhamba ngomkhumbi uzoqhubeka kusukela manje kuqhubeke, empeleni isikebhe siqinisiwe ukuze akwazi ukuhlola amanzi asezindaweni eziphakeme. Lokhu kulungiswa kabusha kubandakanye ukutshalwa kwezimali okungaphezu kwama-euro ayizigidi ezingama-34.
Phakathi kwezinto ezintsha zeSilver Cloud eyenziwe kabusha, ukwakhiwa kwezindawo zomphakathi ezinjengethala, indawo yokudlela, i-Observation Lounge, enezitezi ezintsha zokhuni lwetiye, iPanorama Lounge neVenetian Lounge. ISilver Cloud ibuye ibe nejimu entsha enezinto zokusebenza zobuchwepheshe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ekukhishweni kohambo, bandiswe baba ngama-zodiacs ayi-16, kanye nama-kayak ayi-10, izakhi zokududuza kwabagibeli.
Enye into entsha ukuthi kufakwe isitudiyo sezithombe ngokushicilelwa kokuqukethwe okufakwa ebhodini.
Zonke izinkambo zizoqondiswa noma ziholwa yithimba lochwepheshe labantu ababalelwa kuma-20 noma ama-22, ozonikeza izinkulumo ezinetimu futhi ahambisane nabahambi. Umthamo weSilver Cloud izivakashi ezingama-260 ezifundeni ezingekho polar nabagibeli abangama-200 nabagibeli ezindaweni ezibandayo. Umqondo ngukuthi ezifundeni ezisempumalanga zonke izivakashi zehla ngasikhathi sinye futhi zingahlola isifunda ngasinye ngasikhathi sinye.
Ukuhamba okulandelayo komkhumbi kuzovela edolobheni lase-Argentina i-Ushuaia ngoDisemba 11, futhi azisekho izindlu zamakhabethe zamahhala, noma ungazizama ohlwini lokulinda inkampani olumisele lolu hambo. Uhambo luthatha izinsuku eziyi-10.