HX Expeditions is offering passengers the chance to sleep in a cabin designed to replicate the conditions of an 1896 Arctic expedition. The cabin, aboard the MS Fridtjof Nansen, features a single bed and bunkbeds, a porthole window, and a stone-effect fireplace, with no television or soft furnishings.
Created by designers Aros Marine, the cabin includes wooden furniture such as chests, chairs, stools, wardrobes, a desk, and a hidden bar in a barrel. It took 309 working hours to build, using 140 pieces of wood sourced from a cabin in Germany. An old-fashioned wooden toilet seat adds to the authenticity.
Guests can book the cabin for one night during sailings this year at an additional cost of €100 (£87) per person per night. Half of the profits will go to the HX Foundation charity, which supports endangered wildlife, combats plastic waste, and funds community initiatives.
All passengers on the MS Fridtjof Nansen can visit the cabin during the day, with scheduled access and talks from historians. Gebhard Rainer, chief executive of HX Expeditions, said: 'This cabin was always meant to honour our origins... We hope it gives guests a real sense of what life at sea was like 130 years ago.'
