Polar Pioneer
The Polar Pioneer in Shetland | |
| History | |
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| Cyprus | |
| Name |
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| Owner | Unipolar Shipping Limited |
| Operator | TBA |
| Port of registry |
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| Builder | Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, Turku, Finland |
| Yard number | 342 |
| Completed | 7 July 1982 |
| In service | 1982 |
| Identification |
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| Status | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Akademik Shuleykin class research vessel |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 71.06 m (233.1 ft) |
| Beam | 12.82 m (42.1 ft) |
| Draught | 4.5 m (15 ft) |
| Depth | 6.45 m (21.2 ft) |
| Decks | 2 |
| Installed power | 2 × 6CHRNP 36/45 (6ЧРН36/45) 2,294 kilowatts (3,076 hp) |
| Propulsion | 1 controllable-pitch propeller |
| Speed | 26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn) |
| Capacity | 54 passengers |
| Crew | 23 |
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Polar Athena is a Finnish-built expedition cruise ship
The ship was built in Finland in 1982 as the Akademik Schuleykin (Russian: Академик Шулейкин), an ice-strengthened research ship, and for many years she plied the waters of the USSR's northern coast. In 2000 she was refurbished in St. Petersburg to provide comfortable accommodation for 54 passengers.
Her sister ships are Akademik Shokalskiy, Arnold Veymer, Akademik Gamburtsev, Professor Molchanov, Professor Multanovskiy, Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, Professor Polshkov, Professor Khromov.