Akademik Ioffe

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Akademik Ioffe off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada
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Flag of Russia.svgRussia
NameAkademik Ioffe
OperatorShirshov Institute
Port of registry
BuilderHollming, Rauma
Yard number266
Laid down27 February 1987
Launched29 August 1987
Completed9 February 1989
Identification
StatusIn service
General characteristics [1] [2]
Tonnage
Length117.17 m (384 ft 5 in)
Beam18.22 m (59 ft 9 in)
Draft5.90 m (19 ft 4 in)
Installed power2 × 6CHN 40/46 (2 × 2,576 kW)
Propulsion
Speed16.0 knots (29.6 km/h; 18.4 mph)
Capacity117 passengers
Akademik Ioffe, in Sisimiut, Greenland 2017-09-04 AKADEMIK IOFFE - IMO 8507731 in Sisimiut, Greenland.jpg
Akademik Ioffe, in Sisimiut, Greenland

Akademik Ioffe is a research vessel, named after the Soviet physicist Abram Fedorovich Ioffe.

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Built in 1988, the vessel has a displacement of 6,600 tons, and a length of 364 ft (111 m). [3] Akademik Ioffe and Akademik Sergey Vavilov were built as a joint project. Both ships feature a vertical shaft about two meters in diameter, which opens from the main deck into a special room, from which an acoustic receiver or a transmitter can be lowered to below the waterline by means of a winch. The vessels were used for experiments on the long-range propagation of sound in the ocean.

The vessel belongs to the Institute of Oceanology. P. P. Shirshov, of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

She was chartered by One Ocean Expeditions until 2019. [4]

2018 grounding

The vessel ran aground west of the Astronomical Society Islands in the Gulf of Boothia, [5] Nunavut, Canada in August 2018. [6] There were 126 people on board; none were lost. [7] The Akademik is said to have remained aground for 12 hours. [8] The salvage effort cost Canadian taxpayers $513,025.44, in addition to Canadian Coast Guard costs. [9]

Research expeditions

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References

  1. "Akademik Ioffe & Akademik Sergey Vavilov Ship Information Guide" (PDF). warren-macdonald.com. 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2012.
  2. "Akademik Sergey Vavilov (860738)". Register of ships. Russian Maritime Register of Shipping . Retrieved 19 April 2013.
  3. Struzik, Ed (29 August 2018). "In the Melting Arctic, a Harrowing Account from a Stranded Ship". Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Retrieved 10 September 2018. the 364-foot Russian cruise ship, Akademik Ioffe
  4. "Russians Pull Charter Deal from One Ocean Expeditions". 22 May 2019.
  5. "Ship carrying VIMS researchers runs aground in Canadian Arctic". Williamsburg Yorktown Daily. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018. The ship ran aground Aug. 24. in the western Gulf of Boothia, a body of water off Nunavut, Canada
  6. "Passenger ship that ran aground in Nunavut has been refloated, company says". CBC. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018. The ship was in Kugaaruk, Nunavut, on Thursday and then headed northbound for its excursion when it became grounded in the western Gulf of Boothia
  7. "As ice recedes, the Arctic isn't prepared for more shipping traffic". PBS. Retrieved 10 September 2018. I was aboard the 364-foot Russian research-cruise ship Akademik Ioffe when it came to a violent stop after grounding on a shoal in a remote region of the Gulf of Boothia in Canada's Arctic. Fortunately, none of the 102 passengers and 24 crew members were injured.
  8. Ziobrowski, Peter. "Canada's Arctic response needs improvement". The Chronicle Herald . Retrieved 10 September 2018. The Akademik Ioffe spent 12 hours grinding on a rock before coming free
  9. "Grounded cruise ship rescue in Nunavut cost Canada's Armed Forces $513K | CBC News".

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