''Akademik Tryoshnikov'' () is a

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, the

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of the Russian polar research fleet.

History

The vessel was constructed under state order. The project was developed by Krylov Shipbuilding Research Institute with Baltsudoproekt Bureau. The chief designer of the project was Yevgueny S. Bylinovich. The creation of the vessel became an event for the Russian Polar science since the previous research vessel had been put into operation 25 years ago. The ship is named in honor of

Alexey Tryoshnikov Alexey Fyodorovich Tryoshnikov () (14 April 1914, Pavlovka, Karsunsky Uyezd, Simbirsk Governorate – 18 November 1991, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet polar explorer and leader of the 2nd Soviet Antarctic Expedition and the 13th Soviet ...

, the president of the Geographical Society of the USSR since 1977. In October 2016, the ship was used to test towing icebergs in the Kara Sea. Between December 2016 and March 2017, the Akademik Tryoshnikov was used for the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) during the Southern Hemisphere summer. In 2019-2020, the Akademik Tryoshnikov was supporting the

MOSAiC Expedition The Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC, ) expedition was a one-year-long expedition into the Central Arctic (September 2019 - October 2020). For the first time a modern research icebreaker was able to op ...

Gallery

Tryoshnikov MOSAiC.jpg, ''Akademik Tryoshnikov'' in the port of

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during MOSAiC expedition

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