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Building up of Antarctic infrastructure for global climate change
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- Project period: 2003~2010
- 2005: basic design(Korea Ocean Research Institute + Korea Maritime Consultants Co., Ltd + Samsung Heavy Industry)
- 2005: design (Polar Research Institute of Korea Ocean Research Institute + STX Ship)
- Early 2006 ~ Nov 2009: Completion of construction of the research ice breaker and delivery
- Oct~Dec2009: test cruise in normal sea area and polar sea (test of ice breaking capability)
- 2010: normal operation |
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Total project cost: 108billion won
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Major duty
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- Omnidirectional and all-weather ocean research activity in the world’s ocean including arctic and Antarctic frozen area
- Supply to arctic and Antarctic stations, and miscellaneous research activities |
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Operating Conditions
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- Highest temperature: 50, lowest temperature : -30
- Highest water temperature: 35, lowest water temperature : -2
- Highest relative humidity : 90%
- Capable of surviving in SEA STATE 8
- Capable of operating in SEA STATE 6 |
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Ice breaking capability
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| - KR PL-10(DAT -30)grade research ice breaker (identical with DnV Polar 10 grade) capable of continuous breaking of 1m thick flat ice at the speed of 3knot |
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| Span |
110.0 m |
| Structural draught |
About 12.0 knots at cruise(maximum 16.0knots)
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Dry type laboratory
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| General icebreaker type suitable for carrying out comprehensive ocean research, polar research activities and support functions at the same time. |
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Cargo capacity
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- Container 27TEU + 4TEU
- Capable of loading 15TEU into cargo hold
- Loading space for observation equipments and spare parts |
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Research support equipment
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- Helicopter
- Barge (10m power Bessel capable of carrying 20ft container)
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| - Work vessel (7m power vessel capable of carrying out research and supporting) |
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Special equipments for operation
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| - Anti-rolling tank/Anti-heeling tank - DPS2 grade ? thruster(10,000Kw and 2,400Kw) by a standard of Sea state 5 |
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Dry type laboratory
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Computer room, LAN office, uninterruptible power supply room, sonar and earth physics laboratory, ocean equipment room, m
eteorological data processing room, electronic measurement room and gravity measurement room. |
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Wet type laboratory
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Soil specimen processing room, Baltic room, ocean water analysis and processing room, autosal room, chemical analysis la
boratory, biology laboratory and others |
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Nov. ~ Apr.
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| Antarctic expedition |
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May
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Anchoring in Incheon
(docking and maintenance, cargo loading, etc.) |
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Jun. ~ Aug.
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| Arctic expedition |
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Sep. ~ Oct.
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Anchoring in Incheon
(maintenance, cargo loading, etc.) |
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Stations & IceBreaker > Korean Research IceBreaker
