Survey systems for new Norwegian icebreaker

Artist impression of Kronprins Haakon, the Norwegian Polar Institute’s new 100-metre research vessel.  Currently being completed by Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and capable of accommodating over 50 personnel, it is due to begin service in 2017

Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has been retained to supply an extensive array of survey and scientific equipment aboard Kronprins Haakon, the new Italian-built Norwegian polar research icebreaker with retractable keels due to begin service in 2017 under the auspices of the Institute of Marine Research (IMR) on behalf of the Norwegian ...

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