Setting sail from Nome, Alaska, U.S. on 18 August 2012 and reaching Nuuk, Greenland on 12 September 2012, The World became the largest passenger vessel at the time to transit the Northwest Passage. The ship, carrying 481 passengers and crew, for 26 days and at sea, followed in the path of Captain Roald Amundsen, the first sailor to complete the journey in 1906. In 2019, the ship traversed the Passage from east to west, becoming the 300th vessel to make the voyage, and the largest to do so in both directions. COVID-19 In March 2020 the ship unloaded all passengers and non-essential crew because of concern about COVID-19 infection. In April 2020, the ship was asked to leave the port of Fremantle, Australia. The government of New Zealand received a request to let the ship shelter in a local port. This request was denied, as New Zealand had banned cruise ships (and non-New Zealand residents) from entering the country. In 2020, the ship was in lay-berth in Falmouth, United Kingdom. and Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, before returning to service in July 2021. See also Seasteading, the concept of creating permanent dwellings at sea References External links The World at marinetraffic.com including the current ship position via Automatic Identification System (AIS) The World - O navio residencial mais luxuoso do mundo ResidenSea Cruise ships 2001 ships Ships built in Rissa, Norway Ships built in Landskrona