MV Xue Long
| Career (China) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | 雪龙 |
| Status: | in active service, as of 2024[update] |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 21,250 tonnes |
| Length: | 167 m (548 ft) |
| Beam: | 22.6 m (74 ft) |
| Draft: | 9 m (30 ft) |
| Ice class: | 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) @ 2 kn (3.7 km/h; 2.3 mph) (class A2) |
| Speed: | 17.9 kn (33.2 km/h; 20.6 mph) maximum |
| Range: | 12,000 nmi (22,000 km; 14,000 mi) |
| Complement: | 34 crew, 128 passengers or researchers |
| Aircraft carried: | one helicopter |
| Aviation facilities: | helipad |
| Notes: | 100 m2 (1,100 sq ft) lab space |
MV Xuě Lóng (雪龙, “Snow Dragon″) is a Chinese icebreaker and research vessel.
A Vitus Bering–class icebreaker built at the Kherson Shipyard in Ukraine and completed on 1993-03-25, Xuě Lóng is a sister ship of the Russian Vasiliy Golovnin.[1][2][3]
MV Xuě Lóng is notable because of its unexpected arrival in 1999 at the small Canadian coastal village of Tuktoyaktuk, on the Arctic Ocean.[4][5][6] The Canadian authorities‘ inability to track the vessel stirred enough controversy that the incident is still being cited as evidence of Canadian unpreparedness to defend its northern sovereignty.[4][6]
In addition to helicopter, the ship also carries an Arctic class ARV autonomous underwater vehicle on regular base. The ship undertook a second Arctic expedition from July 15, 2003 to September 26, 2003.[1] More recently the ship had been used in connection with China's efforts to maintain a scientific presence in the Antarctic.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "“雪龙”船简介 (Xuě Lóng Ship Profile)" (in Chinese and English). Polar Research Institute of China. http://www.pric.gov.cn/bminfotmd.asp?bigid=26. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ↑ John Rutherford (DOC), Antarctic Support and Research Vessels, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, p. 34, http://www.whoi.edu/cms/files/Antarctic_Research_&_Support_Vessels_25883.doc, retrieved 21 December 2008 Note that the author is mistaken about the name: “Snow Dragon” is the translation of “Xue Long”, not a former name of the ship.
- ↑ "February 2006" (PDF). Davis Station News (Australian Antarctic Division). http://www.aad.gov.au/MediaLibrary/asset/MediaItems/ml_388054311458333_52456%20-%20Davis%20February.pdf. Retrieved 21 December 2008.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "The Standing Senate Committee on National Security and Defence". Parliament of Canada. March 8, 2005. http://www.parl.gc.ca/38/1/parlbus/commbus/senate/com-e/defe-e/42280-e.htm?Language=E&Parl=38&Ses=1&comm_id=76. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
- ↑ Ed Struzik (November 18, 2007). "Who will guard our gaping back door?". The Edmonton Journal. http://www.canada.com/edmontonjournal/features/thebigthaw/story.html?id=df997504-b305-46f9-bd83-a2b11bc6a591&k=34342&p=3. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jane George (February 1, 2001). "Arctic borders need tighter control, former commander says". Nunatsiaq News. http://www.nunatsiaq.com/archives/nunavut020201/news/nunavut/20201_4.html. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
External links
- Xue Long (from Antarctic Philately Web site)
- M/V Xuelong (brief English-language summary from the Polar Research Institute of China site)
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