Oden (icebreaker)

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Icebreaker Oden
Icebreaker Oden
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Name: Oden
Owner: Swedish Maritime Administration
Operator: Swedish Maritime Administration
Builder: Götaverken
Completed: 1988
Homeport: Luleå
Status: In service
General characteristics
Type: Icebreaker
Tonnage: 9 438 GRT
Displacement: 13 000 tonnes
Length: 108.8 metres
Beam: 31.0 metres
Draft: 7.0 to 8.5 metres
Ice class: 1A1 Icebreaker
Installed power: 18.0 MW
Propulsion: Diesel mechanical
Speed: 16 knots
Range: 30 000 nautical miles
Endurance: 100 days
Capacity: 80 passengers and crew

The Oden is a large Swedish icebreaker, built in 1988 for the Swedish Maritime Administration.

The Oden has participated in scientific expeditions in the Canadian arctic archipelago.[1]

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  1. ^ M.-L. Timmermans, Chris Garrett. "Evolution of the Deep Water in the Canadian Basin in the Arctic Ocean", Journal of Physical Oceanography, 28 October 2005. Retrieved on 2008-03-01. "Acknowledgments. Data used here were collected by the support teams of 1991–2002 Arctic expeditions aboard the Swedish polar class icebreaker Oden, and the CCGS Louis S. St-Laurent." 

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