The new RV Kronprins Haakon, the first Norwegian Icebreaker built for Polar research, and the first purpose built polar research vessel since Roald Amundsen’s Maud launched in 1917, will start regular ...

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

A new icebreaking research vessel built for the Norwegian governmental body for oceanographic research and fishing, was delivered this week in Norway. After the building process was completed at ...

Header Image: Shelby Buckley on an ice floe near the North Pole. Above: Researchers and the crew in front of the Kronprins Haakon. Shelby Buckley has made the research trip of a lifetime – studying ...

Like a dancer in a ballerina skirt, it floated over. With the icebreaker Kronprins Haakon, one of the world's most advanced research vessels, researchers are now on an expedition to the deep sea ...

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