 RV Araon in 2016 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 South Korea | |
| Name | Araon |
| Operator | Korea Polar Research Institute, South Korea |
| Builder | Hanjin Heavy Industries, Yeongdo shipyard, Busan[2] |
| Cost | 108 billion won[4] |
| Laid down | May 2008[3] |
| Launched | June 11, 2009[2] |
| Completed | September 2009[1] |
| Homeport | Incheon, South Korea |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Research ship[1] |
| Tonnage | 6,950 GT[1] |
| Length | 109.5 m (359 ft 3 in)[1] |
| Beam | 19.0 m (62 ft 4 in)[1] |
| Depth | 9.9 m (32 ft 6 in)[1] |
| Ice class | KR PL-10 (DNV Polar-10)[3] |
| Installed power | Four diesel engines (4 × 3,400 kW)[3] |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | |
| Range | 20,000 nautical miles (37,000 km; 23,000 mi)[1] |
| Endurance | 70 days[1] |
| Boats & landing craft carried |
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| Capacity | 31TEU on deck, 15 TEU in cargo hold[3] |
| Crew |
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RVAraon is a large icebreaker operated by the Government of South Korea.[5] The vessel was commissioned in 2009. She supplies the King Sejong Station, and the Jang Bogo Station, South Korea's second Antarctic research station.
She underwent her sea trials in January 2010, in the Ross Sea.[6][7] Her first foreign port of call was Lyttelton, New Zealand.[8][9][10]
The first location her crew investigated, for a South Korean Antarctic base, in the Cape Burks area, was not deemed suitable, and she then investigated the selected site in Terra Nova Bay.[8][9]
In December 2011, she was instrumental in the rescue of the Russian trawler Sparta, trapped in Antarctic sea ice.[11]
Her class notation is KRS1-Special purpose ship (Research vessel) PL10, DAT (-30 deg. C), HMS1, KRM1-UMA3, DPS2, NBS2.[1]
The Araon arrived in Cape Burks on the 24th to research the area's weather and ice conditions, and will conduct ice-breaking tests for 10 days to assess whether it can be officially designated as an icebreaker.
The 7,487-ton icebreaker and research ship left Christchurch, New Zealand on Jan. 12. On Saturday it completed its survey of the Cape Burks area and began sailing toward Terra Nova Bay.
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