Sedna IV (vessel)

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The Sedna IV is a 50 metre (165 ft) three-masted schooner that has been used for scientific expeditions and the filming of documentaries.

Built by Abeking & Rasmussen in Germany in 1957 as a trawler, refitted as a sailing vessel in 1992, she was equipped with a film studio in 2001 when a Canadian film crew acquired her. The ship was previously named Saint Kilda. Sedna IV is fitted out with a cutting room and an equipment room containing high-definition filmmaking apparatus. The crew can use the onboard high-precision scientific equipment to gather, compile and analyze data to fulfill the expedition's scientific research program. The schooner is also connected to the Internet via satellite, enabling land-based researchers to become virtual mariners.

The schooner has a 78,000-litre diesel reserve giving her a range of 10,000 nautical miles (20,000 km). It is also equipped with 960 square metres of sailcloth.

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• The Sedna IV on a mission in Antarctica, October, 2005 - November 2006
• The Sedna IV on a mission in the St. Lawrence, press release, July 8, 2004
• Right Whale Mission, 2003
• Artic Mission, The Series, 2002
• Artic Mission, The Mission, 2002
• The Sedna IV Sails the Northwest Passage, Arthropolis, November 25 2002