Dry suits are required. A physician is on board, but there is no decompression chamber in the area. No rental gear is available. From June to September, the Grigoriy Mikheev tours Greenland. From November to March, she tours Antarctica, South Georgia and the Falkland Islands.
All cabins are outside, with windows or portholes.
Six twin cabins without bath have upper and lower berths and wash basins. Shared shower and toilet facilities are located on the same deck. On Decks 3 and 4 are 14 cabins with private facilities and upper and lower berths. Deck 4 has 3 cabins with private facilities, a double sofa-bed and a separate single bed. This is a modern and comfortable research vessel of the Hydrographic Institute in St. Petersburg.