Artemis was built in Norway in 1926 and operated as a whaling ship mainly in the northern and southern polar seas.  From her home port in Oslo, she sailed to Spitsbergen and into the Bering Sea, fitted with a steam engine, two auxiliary masts and a variety of harpoon guns.   During the 1950’s Artemis was then refitted to haul cargo and operated mainly as a tramp freighter between Asia and South America until she became unable to compete with newer and larger boats.  She is now an elegant reminder of a time before diesel engines transformed boat design.  Restored and refitted into a passenger ship, she boasts two salons holding over a hundred people in comfort and style.<br>
In 2001 she changed hands and was reconverted into an elegant sailing ship.   The Artemis now plies the seas in the form of an imposing three-masted barque.
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