revealed that the cause for the accident was the new duty rosters: the officer on duty was inspecting the new roster and because of that failed to notice that the ship should have made a course change whilst approaching Mariehamn. In September 2007 an Ålandian newspaper claimed that the Ålandsfärjan would be replaced on the Mariehamn—Kapellskär route in spring 2008, when Rosella would take over the route. On 8 April 2008, Viking Line confirmed the claim and on 30 May, the Rosella replaced the Ålandsfärjan on that route. As the MS Expedition cruise ship On 27 May 2008, Viking Line revealed that they had sold the Ålandsfärjan to Gap Adventures with delivery in June 2008. Following delivery to her new owners, the ship was renamed Expedition, and on 27 June the ship sailed for Aker Yards Rauma Shipyard. On that day she was also formally registered in the name of Expedition under the Liberian flag in the ownership of the Expedition Shipping Company LTD (FME) Monrovia, Liberia. Aker Yards subsequently drew up plans for the conversion and refurbishment of the vessel, and on 10 September 2008 the conversion contract was signed between Aker Yards and Gap Adventures. The conversion cost thirteen million dollars. The Expedition then re-entered service on 4 January 2009, re-launching GAP's polar cruise program which had been halted due to the sinking of their previous ship, Explorer. MS Expedition was formally christened at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands on 11 October 2010. Between June and September 2009 the Expedition was chartered to Spitsbergen Travel, a daughter company of the Norway-based Hurtigruten, for week-long cruises around Spitsbergen. Following this, she underwent further repair work in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria after she developed engine problems in October 2009. A major overhaul was done on both main engines and at the same time there were repairs to a corroded deck, renovation of crew cabin areas and also the removal of some asbestos. The work was due to be completed by December 2009, but ultimately resulted in the cancellation of much of the first Antarctic season. In February 2010 she arrived in Ushuaia, Argentina, for the remainder of her first season in the Antarctic with GAP Adventures, before returning to the Arctic in June 2010 for her first full season in the north. Since then she has been alternating between the two polar regions each year during their respective summer