MV Xue Long
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MV Xuě Lóng (雪龙, “Snow Dragon″) is a Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
icebreaker
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
and research vessel
Research vessel
A research vessel is a ship designed and equipped to carry out research at sea. Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel, others require a dedicated vessel...
.
A Vitus Bering–class icebreaker built at the Kherson Shipyard in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and completed on 1993-03-25, Xuě Lóng is a sister ship of the Russian Vasiliy Golovnin.
MV Xuě Lóng is third vessel (of 4) manufactured by JSC Kherson Shipyards under project 10621.
Hull 6001 - Ivan Papanin
Ivan Papanin
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist,Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded nine Orders of Lenin...
Owner Murmansk Shipping Company Delivered 29-12-1990
Hull 6002 - Alexander Sledzuk Owner Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Delivered 30-12-1991
Hull 6003 - Xuě Lóng
MV Xue Long
MV Xuě Lóng 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....
Owner China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
Delivered 25-9-1993
Hull 6004 - Unknown Owner Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
Delivered 28-3-2003
MV Xuě Lóng is notable because of its unexpected arrival in 1999 at the small Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
coastal village of Tuktoyaktuk, on the Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...
.
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.
MV Xuě Lóng (雪龙, “Snow Dragon″) is a Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
icebreaker
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
and research vessel
Research vessel
A research vessel is a ship designed and equipped to carry out research at sea. Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel, others require a dedicated vessel...
.
A Vitus Bering–class icebreaker built at the Kherson Shipyard in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and completed on 1993-03-25, Xuě Lóng is a sister ship of the Russian Vasiliy Golovnin.
Note that the author is mistaken about the name: “Snow Dragon” is the translation of “Xue Long”, not
a former name of the ship.
MV Xuě Lóng is third vessel (of 4) manufactured by JSC Kherson Shipyards under project 10621.
Hull 6001 - Ivan Papanin
Ivan Papanin
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist,Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded nine Orders of Lenin...
Owner Murmansk Shipping Company Delivered 29-12-1990
Hull 6002 - Alexander Sledzuk Owner Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Delivered 30-12-1991
Hull 6003 - Xuě Lóng
MV Xue Long
MV Xuě Lóng 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....
Owner China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
Delivered 25-9-1993
Hull 6004 - Unknown Owner Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
Delivered 28-3-2003
MV Xuě Lóng is notable because of its unexpected arrival in 1999 at the small Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
coastal village of Tuktoyaktuk, on the Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...
.
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.
MV Xuě Lóng (雪龙, “Snow Dragon″) is a Chinese
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
icebreaker
Icebreaker
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels .For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most...
and research vessel
Research vessel
A research vessel is a ship designed and equipped to carry out research at sea. Research vessels carry out a number of roles. Some of these roles can be combined into a single vessel, others require a dedicated vessel...
.
A Vitus Bering–class icebreaker built at the Kherson Shipyard in Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and completed on 1993-03-25, Xuě Lóng is a sister ship of the Russian Vasiliy Golovnin.
Note that the author is mistaken about the name: “Snow Dragon” is the translation of “Xue Long”, not
a former name of the ship.
MV Xuě Lóng is third vessel (of 4) manufactured by JSC Kherson Shipyards under project 10621.
Hull 6001 - Ivan Papanin
Ivan Papanin
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist,Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded nine Orders of Lenin...
Owner Murmansk Shipping Company Delivered 29-12-1990
Hull 6002 - Alexander Sledzuk Owner Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
Delivered 30-12-1991
Hull 6003 - Xuě Lóng
MV Xue Long
MV Xuě Lóng 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....
Owner China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
Delivered 25-9-1993
Hull 6004 - Unknown Owner Netherlands Antilles
Netherlands Antilles
The Netherlands Antilles , also referred to informally as the Dutch Antilles, was an autonomous Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting of two groups of islands in the Lesser Antilles: Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao , in Leeward Antilles just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sint...
Delivered 28-3-2003
MV Xuě Lóng is notable because of its unexpected arrival in 1999 at the small Canadian
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
coastal village of Tuktoyaktuk, on the Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
The Arctic Ocean, located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the smallest and shallowest of the world's five major oceanic divisions...
.
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.
In addition to helicopter, the ship also carries an Arctic class ARV autonomous underwater vehicle
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
An autonomous underwater vehicle is a robot which travels underwater without requiring input from an operator. AUVs constitute part of a larger group of undersea systems known as unmanned underwater vehicles, a classification that includes non-autonomous remotely operated underwater vehicles...
on regular base. The ship undertook a second Arctic expedition from July 15, 2003 to September 26, 2003. More recently the ship had been used in connection with China's efforts to maintain a scientific presence in the Antarctic
Antarctic
The Antarctic is the region around the Earth's South Pole, opposite the Arctic region around the North Pole. The Antarctic comprises the continent of Antarctica and the ice shelves, waters and island territories in the Southern Ocean situated south of the Antarctic Convergence...
.
External links
- Xue Long (from Antarctic Philately Web site)
- M/V Xuelong (brief English-language summary from the Polar Research Institute of ChinaPolar Research Institute of ChinaThe Polar Research Institute of China is the main Chinese research institute for the study of the Earth's polar regions. It is based in Shanghai, China....
site)
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