Admiralty Shipyard in Saint Petersburg, part of Russia’s United Shipbuilding Corporation, launched the North Pole on December 18, 2020
The Drive reports the launch of a truly ugly, but interesting vessel. This may not really be Coast Guard related, but it is Arctic related. Think of this as similar to the recent use of the German Icebreaker Polarstern to winter over, drifting in the Arctic. Only this will not be for just for one year, but probably almost every winter for the rest of its life.
Thanks to Lee for bringing this to my attention.
Oh IDK, the FRCis pretty FUGLY
It is a drifting ice-resistant station with an autonomy of 2 years. There are 20 laboratories on board the vessel. The ship freezes in and drifts with sea currents. There have never been such ships in the world. It took two years to build.