summer, also requires standby icebreaker support for backup in the event the primary vessel cannot complete the mission. Thule Air Base Resupply and Polar Region Freedom of Navigation Transits. Provide vessel escort operations • in support of the Military then complete any Freedom of Navigation Sealift Command’s Operation Pacer Goose; exercises in the region. and ***Add On’s A2’s*** Antarctic Research Add On New icebreakers k2 antartic research Morello 11 Lauren, “US Polar Research May Slow for Lack of an Icebreaker”, , 7.28.11 The Have a spare polar icebreaker lying around? The National Science Foundation would like to hear from you. agency is scrambling to secure a ship to lead its annual resupply convoy to McMurdo Station, the largest of the three U.S. research stations in Antarctica. For the past five years, NSF has relied on a Swedish ship, the Oden, to break a channel in the ice for ships carrying fuel and cargo to McMurdo. But the Swedish Maritime Administration, which owns the Oden, declined to renew its contract with NSF this year. The Swedes want to keep their icebreaker closer to home after heavy ice in the Baltic Sea stranded ships and scrambled cargo traffic there last winter. If the NSF can't find to lead the journey -- scheduled to begin in early December and reach McMurdo in late a replacement icebreaker January -- this year's season Antarctic research could be cut short. "We are trying to work really diligently to
summer, also requires standby icebreaker support for backup in the event the primary vessel cannot complete the mission. • Thule Air Base Resupply and Polar Region Freedom of Navigation Transits. Provide vessel escort operations in support of the Military Sealift Command’s Operation Pacer Goose; then complete any Freedom of Navigation exercises in the region. ***Add On’s and A2’s*** Antarctic Research Add On New icebreakers k2 antartic research Morello 11 Lauren, “US Polar Research May Slow for Lack of an Icebreaker”, , 7.28.11 Have a spare polar icebreaker lying around? The National Science Foundation would like to hear from you. The agency is scrambling to secure a ship to lead its annual resupply convoy to McMurdo Station, the largest of the three U.S. research stations in Antarctica. For the past five years, NSF has relied on a Swedish ship, the Oden, to break a channel in the ice for ships carrying fuel and cargo to McMurdo. But the Swedish Maritime Administration, which owns the Oden, declined to renew its contract with NSF this year. The Swedes want to keep their icebreaker closer to home after heavy ice in the Baltic Sea stranded ships and scrambled cargo traffic there last winter. If the NSF can't find a replacement icebreaker to lead the journey -- scheduled to begin in early December and reach McMurdo in late January -- this year's Antarctic research season could be cut short. "We are trying to work really diligently to