Norwegian tall ship Sorlandet arrived at North River Pier 86 on Thursday morning. Margaret Moran was on hand to assist, but with the river ebbing and ice having mostly cleared out, the 98-year-old sailing vessel was able to sidle up to the pier with no help, leaving Margret standing by to retrieve the docking pilot.

Unlike many of the foreign tall ships which call on New York, Sorlandet is not a naval training vessel but rather is owned by a non-profit and hosts a program for over 60 high school students on an academic year-at-sea program. The students, who represent a wide variety of nationalities, take a full load of academic courses and also learn seamanship and stand watches along the way. The ship is completing a clockwise circuit of the North Atlantic, having previously called on ports in Europe, Cape Verde, Suriname, Guadalupe, and Charelston, with the next stop on the itinerary calling for Portugal.