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The MV Lyubov Orlova was constructed in 1976 as an arctic cruise ship. After cruising the Arctic Ocean for nearly thirty years, the ship was seized in 2012 upon docking at St. Johns, Newfoundland for unpaid debts of $250,000. Considering that the fifty-one strong crew hadn't been paid in five months, it was unlikely that the owner, Cruise North Expeditions, was going to be able to pay off the debt.After two years of sitting in port, it was sold to a scrapping company to be broken up, and thus began the most interesting chapter of the ship's history.
