ICrystal Serenity isivele ihamba ngomkhumbi emanzini ase-Arctic, nabagibeli bayo abangu-1060 abagibele ohambweni lwayo lwezinsuku ezingama-32 ngeNorth West Passage, ukulandela umzila wolwandle ozungeze iNyakatho Melika futhi unqamula i-Arctic Ocean, uxhuma iPacific Ocean ne-Atlantic.
Njengoba ngishilo vele kwenye indatshana (ungayifunda lapha) lona ngumkhumbi omkhulu wokuhamba ngesikebhe ukudlula lolu hlangothi lomhlaba, futhi konke ngenxa yokuncibilika kwamaPali.
Njengoba umzila weCrystal Serenity, olinganiselwa cishe kumakhilomitha ayi-13.000, uncike ngqo ekuhambeni kweqhwa, abagibeli bayazi ukuthi lingaguqulwa. Ukugwema ukushaya iziqobane ezinkulu zeqhwa iCrystal Serenity ifakwe uhlelo lokuzulazula lweqhwa nemifanekiso ezishisayo, futhi inamalambu anamandla okusesha iqhwa.
Njengoba ngikutshelile kukhona labo ababhabhadise lolu hambo njengolwandle oluyingozi kakhulu emhlabeni, Yebo, yize kungewona umkhumbi wokuqala wabagibeli ukwenza lokho, wawusivele wenziwe ngo-1984 yiLindblad Explorer kwathi ngonyaka wezi-2012, Umhlaba wathatha abantu abangama-481 wasuka kolunye ulwandle wabayisa kolunye, ungolukhulu kunabo bonke, obunamandla angaphezu kuka Abantu abangu-1600, amakhava ayi-13, angaphezu kwamamitha angama-250 ubude futhi anesisindo esingaphezu kwamathani angama-68.000.
Lolu hambo belungenazimpikiswano, ikakhulukazi ohlangothini lwezazi zemvelo, Futhi yize iziphathimandla zendawo zingazitholanga izizathu zemvelo zokuphikisana nalolu hambo, akubona bonke abavumayo, ngokwesibonelo izinhlangano zokongiwa kwemvelo zixwayisa ngobungozi bokuchitheka uma kwenzeka ingozi, futhi lokho kungukuthi iCrystal Serenity inomgodi oqinisiwe, kodwa akuyona into ephihliza iqhwa ngokufanele. Ngakho-ke phakathi nohambo wayehamba neRRS Ernest Shackleton, umkhumbi wesayensi waseBrithani onamandla okuhamba ezimweni ezinzima.
Ngokwengxenye yayo inkampani engumnikazi womkhumbi, iCrystal Cruises, inciphisa umthelela kwezemvelo walolu hamboNgalokhu, ifakwe injini engenawo uphethiloli osindayo futhi yavimbela ukukhishwa kwamanzi angcolile, ngisho namanzi aphathwayo, kude kakhulu nogu olungaphansi kwamakhilomitha angama-22.