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''Akademik Ioffe'' is a research vessel, named after the Soviet physicist Abram Fedorovich Ioffe.
Built in 1988, the vessel has a displacement of 6,600 tons, and a length of . ''Akademik Ioffe '' and '' Akademik Sergey Vavilov'' were built as a joint project. Both ships feature a vertical shaft about two meters in diameter, which opens from the main deck into a special room, from which an acoustic receiver or a transmitter can be lowered to below the waterline by means of a winch. The vessels were used for experiments on the long-range propagation of sound in the ocean.
The vessel belongs to the Institute of Oceanology. P. P. Shirshov, of the
Геологический форум под Южным Крестом
nbsp;// Наука в Сибири : Газета. — 2000. — № 48. — о 8-м рейсе судна * ''Колобов В.'
nbsp;// Наука в Сибири : Газета. — 2002. — № 4-5. — о 10-м рейсе судна * {{Cite web, url=http://www.mar-eco.no/Shiptoshore/akademik_ioffe_2009, title=Akademik Ioffe 2009, publisher=MAR-ECO, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025115247/http://www.mar-eco.no/Shiptoshore/akademik_ioffe_2009, archive-date=2010-10-25, access-date=14 June 2010 — описание 29-го рейса судна со слов д-ра А. Переса (Бразилия) Research vessels of Russia Research vessels of the Soviet Union 1987 ships Ships built in Rauma, Finland
''Akademik Ioffe'' is a research vessel, named after the Soviet physicist Abram Fedorovich Ioffe.
Built in 1988, the vessel has a displacement of 6,600 tons, and a length of . ''Akademik Ioffe '' and '' Akademik Sergey Vavilov'' were built as a joint project. Both ships feature a vertical shaft about two meters in diameter, which opens from the main deck into a special room, from which an acoustic receiver or a transmitter can be lowered to below the waterline by means of a winch. The vessels were used for experiments on the long-range propagation of sound in the ocean.
The vessel belongs to the Institute of Oceanology. P. P. Shirshov, of the Russian Academy of Sciences
The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS; russian: Росси́йская акаде́мия нау́к (РАН) ''Rossíyskaya akadémiya naúk'') consists of the national academy of Russia; a network of scientific research institutes from across ...
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She was chartered by One Ocean Expeditions until 2019.
2018 grounding
The vessel ran aground in theGulf of Boothia
The Gulf of Boothia is a body of water in Nunavut, Canada. Administratively it is divided between the Kitikmeot Region on the west and the Qikiqtaaluk Region on the east. It merges north into Prince Regent Inlet, the two forming a single bay w ...
, Nunavut, Canada in August 2018. There were 126 people on board; none were lost. The ''Akademik'' is said to have remained aground for 12 hours. The salvage effort cost Canadian taxpayers $513,025.44, in addition to Canadian Coast Guard
The Canadian Coast Guard (CCG; french: links=no, Garde côtière canadienne, GCC) is the coast guard of Canada. Formed in 1962, the coast guard is tasked with marine search and rescue (SAR), communication, navigation, and transportation issues ...
costs.
Research expeditions
* 1st expedition - August - December 1989, together with the R/V ''Academik Vavilov''. Six groups of researchers from the USSR Academy of Sciences. Included - attempts to measure neutrinos, to study the passage of ultra-low-frequency oscillations, etc. * 8th expedition - June - September 2000. * 10th expedition - October - November 2001. Geological studies in the equatorial part of the Atlantic Ocean. * 19th expedition - autumn 2005. Hydrological sections in the Drake Passage, Bransfield Strait and the Loper Strait. * 20th expedition - spring of 2006. * 21st expedition - summer of 2006. Hydrological section 59°30'; from the UK shelf to the southern tip of Greenland. * 22nd expedition - autumn of 2006. * 23rd expedition - summer of 2007. Hydrological section 59°30' from the UK shelf to the southern tip of Greenland, to the port ofIqaluit
Iqaluit ( ; , ; ) is the capital of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian territory of Nunavut, its largest community, and its only city. It was known as Frobisher Bay from 1942 to 1987, after the Frobisher Bay, large bay on the c ...
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* 24th expedition - the fall of 2007. Hydrological section through the Drake Passage
The Drake Passage (referred to as Mar de Hoces Hoces Sea"in Spanish-speaking countries) is the body of water between South America's Cape Horn, Chile and the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It connects the southwestern part of the Atla ...
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* 25th expedition - summer of 2008. A hydrological section of 59 ° 30 'from the UK shelf to the southern tip of Greenland - the Farwell metro station, ending in the port of St. John's (Newfoundland)
* 29th expedition is from October to November 2009.
References
* ''Советов Ю.'Геологический форум под Южным Крестом
nbsp;// Наука в Сибири : Газета. — 2000. — № 48. — о 8-м рейсе судна * ''Колобов В.'
nbsp;// Наука в Сибири : Газета. — 2002. — № 4-5. — о 10-м рейсе судна * {{Cite web, url=http://www.mar-eco.no/Shiptoshore/akademik_ioffe_2009, title=Akademik Ioffe 2009, publisher=MAR-ECO, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101025115247/http://www.mar-eco.no/Shiptoshore/akademik_ioffe_2009, archive-date=2010-10-25, access-date=14 June 2010 — описание 29-го рейса судна со слов д-ра А. Переса (Бразилия) Research vessels of Russia Research vessels of the Soviet Union 1987 ships Ships built in Rauma, Finland