Akademik Ioffe

Akademik Ioffe is a research vessel, named after the Soviet physicist Abram Fedorovich Ioffe.

Akademik Ioffe off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada
Akademik Ioffe, in Sisimiut, Greenland

Built in 1988, the vessel has a displacement of 6,600 tons, and a length of 364 ft (111 m).[1] Akademik Ioffe and Akademik Sergey Vavilov were built as a joint project. Both ships feature a vertical shaft about two meters in diameter, which opens from the main deck into a special room, from which an acoustic receiver or a transmitter can be lowered to below the waterline by means of a winch. The vessels were used for experiments on the long-range propagation of sound in the ocean.

The vessel belongs to the Institute of Oceanology. P. P. Shirshov, of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

She was chartered by One Ocean Expeditions until 2019.[2]

2018 grounding

The vessel ran aground in the Gulf of Boothia,[3] Nunavut, Canada in August 2018.[4] There were 126 people on board; none were lost.[5] The Akademik is said to have remained aground for 12 hours.[6] The salvage effort cost Canadian taxpayers $513,025.44, in addition to Canadian Coast Guard costs.[7]

Research expeditions
  • 1st expedition - August - December 1989, together with the R/V Academik Vavilov. Six groups of researchers from the USSR Academy of Sciences. Included - attempts to measure neutrinos, to study the passage of ultra-low-frequency oscillations, etc.
  • 8th expedition - June - September 2000.
  • 10th expedition - October - November 2001. Geological studies in the equatorial part of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • 19th expedition - autumn 2005. Hydrological sections in the Drake Passage, Bransfield Strait and the Loper Strait.
  • 20th expedition - spring of 2006.
  • 21st expedition - summer of 2006. Hydrological section 59°30'; from the UK shelf to the southern tip of Greenland.
  • 22nd expedition - autumn of 2006.
  • 23rd expedition - summer of 2007. Hydrological section 59°30' from the UK shelf to the southern tip of Greenland, to the port of Iqaluit.
  • 24th expedition - the fall of 2007. Hydrological section through the Drake Passage.
  • 25th expedition - summer of 2008. A hydrological section of 59 ° 30 'from the UK shelf to the southern tip of Greenland - the Farwell metro station, ending in the port of St. John's (Newfoundland)
  • 29th expedition is from October to November 2009.

References
  1. Struzik, Ed (29 August 2018). "In the Melting Arctic, a Harrowing Account from a Stranded Ship". Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Retrieved 10 September 2018. the 364-foot Russian cruise ship, Akademik Ioffe
  2. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/20911-russians-pull-charter-deal-from-one-ocean-expeditions.html
  3. "Ship carrying VIMS researchers runs aground in Canadian Arctic". Williamsburg Yorktown Daily. 29 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018. The ship ran aground Aug. 24. in the western Gulf of Boothia, a body of water off Nunavut, Canada
  4. "Passenger ship that ran aground in Nunavut has been refloated, company says". CBC. 25 August 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018. The ship was in Kugaaruk, Nunavut, on Thursday and then headed northbound for its excursion when it became grounded in the western Gulf of Boothia
  5. "As ice recedes, the Arctic isn't prepared for more shipping traffic". PBS. Retrieved 10 September 2018. I was aboard the 364-foot Russian research-cruise ship Akademik Ioffe when it came to a violent stop after grounding on a shoal in a remote region of the Gulf of Boothia in Canada's Arctic. Fortunately, none of the 102 passengers and 24 crew members were injured.
  6. Ziobrowski, Peter. "Canada's Arctic response needs improvement". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved 10 September 2018. The Akademik Ioffe spent 12 hours grinding on a rock before coming free
  7. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/rcaf-akademik-ioffe-expensive-1.4810589

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