The Fred Olsen cruise liner Borealis is a familiar sight at its home port in Liverpool, where passengers at the cruise terminal embark and disembark throughout the year.
However it is now across the water at the Birkenhead Cammell Laird site for a £5.8m refit - the first time the yard has undertaken work on a cruise liner in 25 years - before returning to service later this month for a trip in search of the Northern Lights.
Currently in one of the yard's dry docks, the vessel is a hive of activity both inside and out as employees and apprentices race to complete the work on time for when the ship receives its next passengers on November 13.
