New Arctic research vessel ready to make a splash
In: Science (Washington). American Association for the Advancement of Science: New York, N.Y. ISSN 0036-8075; e-ISSN 1095-9203, more
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Research vessels
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Polar researchers will soon have their own ride to the icy waters of the Bering Sea and points north. After more than a decade of hitchhiking aboard the Healy, a U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker that doubles as a research vessel, marine scientists are celebrating the launch this weekend of the Sikuliaq, a $200 million, nearly 80-meter ship owned by the U.S. National Science Foundation |
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