Akademik Shokalskiy
Akademik Shokalskiy moored in Ushuaia
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| Russia | |
| Name | Akademik Shokalskiy |
| Owner | Russian Federation (Far Eastern Hydrometeorological Research Institute, Vladivostok) |
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| Builder | Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, Turku, Finland |
| Yard number | 343 |
| Launched | 10 March 1982 |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Akademik Shuleykin-class research vessel, now Polar Pioneer-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement | 2,140 tonnes |
| Length | 71.06 m (233 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 12.82 m (42 ft 1 in) |
| Draught | 4.50 m (14 ft 9 in) |
| Ice class | RMRS UL |
| Installed power | Two 6ChRN 36/45 diesel engines (2 × 1,147 kW) |
| Propulsion | Single shaft; controllable-pitch propeller |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Capacity | 54 passengers |
| Crew | 30 |
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MV Akademik Shokalskiy (Russian: Академик Шокальский) is an 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 as a research ship for Arctic and Antarctic work; she is used also for expedition cruising. She is named after the Russian oceanographer Yuly Shokalsky.
For two weeks from 25 December 2013 Akademik Shokalskiy was trapped in thick ice in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, while operating an expedition for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–2014. The scientists and passengers were evacuated on 2 January.