Akademik Shokalskiy
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MV Akademik Shokalskiy is a Russian Akademik Shuleykin-class ice-strengthened ship, built in Finland in 1982 and originally used for oceanographic research. In 1998 she was fully refurbished to serve
Akademik Shokalskiy moored in Ushuaia
Ywam Liberty
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YWAM Liberty is the former L'Astrolabe, a French icebreaking research vessel which was used to supply the Dumont d'Urville research station in Antarctica. The vessel made regular voyages between Hobar
Akademik Shokalskiy
…and approximately 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) south of Hobart. Chinese icebreaking research vessel Xue Long, French research vessel L'Astrolabe and Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis were dispatched by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority to assist with the rescue operation of Akademik…
L'Astrolabe berthed at Franklin Wharf in Hobart, Tasmania
YWAM Liberty in Bougainville PNG July 2018