VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

A new age of polar research

11 years ago

Investment in icebreaking research ships is gathering pace, prompted by the need to provide higher-performance replacements for long-serving vessels, and also by mounting strategic interest in a polar presence. David Tinsley reports.

The 'slimmed-down' design developed by Aker Arctic for the pan-European Aurora Borealis research icebreaker project

Investment in icebreaking research ships is gathering pace, prompted by the need to provide higher-performance replacements for long-serving vessels, and also by mounting strategic interest in a polar presence. David Tinsley reports.