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Tuesday, October 23, 2018
NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown
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NOAA Research Vessel Completes Around-the-World Science Mission After 243 Days at Sea

(NOAA) – NOAA’s largest oceanographic research vessel, NOAA Ship Ronald H. Brown, steamed into its Charleston, South Carolina, home port yesterday,

October 23, 2018
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Friday, March 2, 2018
Antarctic Sea Ice Forces Research Ship to Turn Back
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Antarctic Sea Ice Forces Research Ship to Turn Back

OSLO, March 2 (Reuters) – Thick sea ice has forced a scientific research ship to abandon a trip to an Antarctic ice shelf from which a massive iceberg

March 2, 2018
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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Philippines President Duterte Bans Foreign Research Ships
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Philippines President Duterte Bans Foreign Research Ships

By Manuel Mogato MANILA, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has banned all foreign scientific research off the country’s

February 6, 2018
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Thursday, December 7, 2017
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Expedition Locates Wreckage of the USS Ward, the Destroyer that Fired the First American Shots of World War II

The expedition team aboard Microsoft billionaire Paul Allen’s research vessel RV Petrel have located and now documented the deepwater wreckage of the USS

December 7, 2017
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Tuesday, May 2, 2017
rokke research vessel
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Norwegian Billionaire, Pledging to Give Away Fortune, Orders Advanced Research Vessel

Norwegian shipping and offshore magnate Kjell Inge Roekke plans give away the ‘lion’s share’ of his estimated $2 billion

May 2, 2017
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
US Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy Gangway
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Modern Cartographers Breaking Arctic Ice

by Lauren Steenson (USCG) Modern day explorers from Arctic nations  are setting their sights north to map the seabed and establish sovereign rights to

November 30, 2016
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Tuesday, May 10, 2016
RRS Sir David Attenborough
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Rolls-Royce Wins Tender to Design Internet-Famous UK Polar Research Vessel

Rolls-Royce has won the tender to design and equip the UK’s new $300 million polar research vessel RRS Boaty McBoatface RRS Sir David Attenborough, said

May 10, 2016
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Wednesday, April 27, 2016
Oregon State Looking for Shipbuilder to Construct a New 193′ Research Ship
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Oregon State Looking for Shipbuilder to Construct a New 193′ Research Ship

Oregon State University is looking for a shipbuilder to construct a new 193-foot research vessel to add to the U.S. academic and marine science research fleet.

April 27, 2016
Total Views: 114

Saturday, March 26, 2016
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SPOTD – China’s Brand New “Flagship” Research Vessel

  The scientific expedition vessel “Xiangyanghong 03” was launched on Saturday and joined China’s oceanic research team in Xiamen,

March 26, 2016
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Monday, March 21, 2016
boaty mcboatface research ship
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The Internet Wants to Name the UK’s New £200 Million Polar Research Ship, RRS Boaty McBoatface

Once launched in 2019, it will be one of the most sophisticated polar research vessels ever built. A $300 million state-of-the-art newbuild capable of

March 21, 2016
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Ship Photos of the Day – French Research Vessel ‘Marion Dufresne II’ Sets Sail After Renovation
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Ship Photos of the Day – French Research Vessel ‘Marion Dufresne II’ Sets Sail After Renovation

The French research vessel, Marion Dufresne II, has left the Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque in northern France after completing a 4-month full overhaul that is

August 4, 2015
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Tuesday, July 21, 2015
Centuries-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off North Carolina Coast
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Centuries-Old Shipwreck Discovered Off North Carolina Coast

Scientific sonar spots unknown shipwreck, possibly dating to the American Revolution Scanning sonar from a scientific expedition has revealed the remains of a

July 21, 2015
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Thursday, October 23, 2014
News

RV Arcticus – The Great Lakes Newest Research Vessel Delivered

The U.S. Geological Survey’s Great Lakes Science Center says it has taken delivery of its newest research vessel and the vessel will be put to work

October 23, 2014
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Saturday, October 11, 2014
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Video Shows RV Ocean Researcher V Aground Off Taiwan, Frantic Search and Rescue

New video shows the scene from Friday night’s search and rescue after the Taiwanese research vessel Ocean Researcher V struck a reef and sank near the

October 11, 2014
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Russian Navy Interfered With Baltic Sea Research Vessel, Finland Says

The Russian navy twice interfered with a Finnish state environmental research vessel in international waters in August and September, the Finnish Environment

October 11, 2014
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Friday, April 25, 2014
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British Antarctic Survey Unveils Plans for New Polar Exploration Ship

The UK government announced plans today for the building of a new £200 million polar research vessel for the NERC (Natural Environment Research Council) and

April 25, 2014
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Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Britain to Summon Spanish Ambassador Over Research Vessel
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Britain to Summon Spanish Ambassador Over Research Vessel

LONDON, Nov 19 (Reuters) – Britain is to summon Spain’s ambassador following what it said was a serious incursion into Gibraltar’s

November 19, 2013
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Monday, September 30, 2013
Mitsubishi Heavy to Begin Construction on New Japanese Research Vessel
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Mitsubishi Heavy to Begin Construction on New Japanese Research Vessel

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) has awarded Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) an award today to build a wide-area seabed

September 30, 2013
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Friday, September 6, 2013
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Research Vessel Aids in Discovery of World’s Largest Volcano

Researchers at the University of Houston have uncovered the largest single volcano on earth, laying thousands of feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

September 6, 2013
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
DON’T MISS: High-Def Google Street View from Inside a Ship
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DON’T MISS: High-Def Google Street View from Inside a Ship

This summer Google took their cameras on board Schmidt Ocean Institute’s 272-foot research vessel, Falkor, while on a visit to the San Francisco

September 5, 2013
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