With its Arctic workhorse approaching retirement, Sweden weighs whether to build a new research icebreaker
Leasing a vessel or buying seats on other missions are two alternatives to owning expensive “research infrastructure”
Since coming into service in 1989, the Oden, has been something of a workhorse for the Swedish state: By winter, it is an icebreaker that keeps the Bay of Bothnia navigable; by summer, it is a research vessel that has sailed to the North Pole nine times. Its initial voyage there, in 1991, was the first time a non-nuclear-powered icebreaker had done so.
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