Oden (icebreaker)
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Icebreaker Oden |
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Career (Sweden) | |
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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]
[edit] References
- ^ 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."