MV Arctic Sunrise
 The MV Arctic Sunrise's Bow |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | MV Polarbjorn |
| Port of registry: |  Norway |
| Builder: | Vaagen Shipyards of Kyrksaeterora Norway |
| Yard number: | 39 |
| Completed: | 18 January 1975 |
| Fate: | Sold in 1995 to Greenpeace. |
| Career | |
| Name: | MY Arctic Sunrise |
| Owner: | Stichting Phoenix |
| Operator: | Stichting Greenpeace Council |
| Port of registry: | Amsterdam,  Netherlands |
| Identification: | Call sign: PE6851 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Research vessel |
| Tonnage: | 497 tons 558 deadweight tons 949 gross tons |
| Displacement: | 1478 t at 5.30 m draught |
| Length: | 49.62 m (153.93 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.5 m (37.72 ft) |
| Draft: | 5.30 m (17.38 ft) |
| Installed power: |
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| Propulsion: | single screw |
| Speed: | 13 kts |
| Crew: | 16 |
The MY Arctic Sunrise is an icebreaker operated by Greenpeace. The vessel was built in 1975 and has a gross tonnage of 949 tonnes, a length of 50 m and a maximum speed of 13 knots (24 km/h). Under the original name of Polarbjorn ("polar bear"), it was used as a sealing ship, until chartered by environmental protection organization Greenpeace in 1995.
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[edit] Actions
The Arctic Sunrise has been involved in various campaigns including anti-whaling campaigns in the Southern Ocean. She is registered as a Motor Vessel.
In January 2006 the Arctic Sunrise and Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship, collided. Both ships suffered minor damage.
In June 2006, the Arctic Sunrise was banned from attending the 58th International Whaling Commission meeting in St. Kitts by the St. Kitts and Nevis Government citing national security concerns.[1] Greenpeace's protests were discussed at the same IWC meeting with agenda item IWC/58/3, relating to their protest actions against Japanese whaling in the Southern ocean in December 2005 / January 2006, during which a collision occurred between a Japanese whaling ship and a Greenpeace ship, resulting in this resolution from the IWC.[2][3]
On August 30, 2007 the Arctic Sunrise was involved in a protest against the Canadian laker Algomarine off of Nanticoke, Ontario where she was attempting to enter harbor with a load of coal for the power station. A Zodiac RIB came alongside and activists painted the hull of the laker with "No Coal. No Nuclear. Clean Energy." Two activists then boarded the boat and chained themselves to the self unloading boom. A third activist suspended herself with the use of a climbing harness from the rudder of the Algomarine, effectively halting it. The Canadian Coast Guard was called in to remove the protesters.
In early February 2007 the ship was moored in Leith docks, in Edinburgh. On 23 February 2007, she took part in a blockade of Faslane Naval Base and was subsequently impounded by the MoD police.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Sun St. Kitts. St. Kitts/Nevis bars Greenpeace ship. June 15, 2006.
- ^ Resolution 2006-2. RESOLUTION ON THE SAFETY OF VESSELS ENGAGED IN WHALING AND WHALE RESEARCH-RELATED ACTIVITIES
Videos of the main incident can be seen here:
Video 1
Video 2 (man speaking on microphone and ship tooting) - ^ Greenpeace (Oceans). 08 January 2006.Whalers ram Greenpeace ship.
[edit] External links
- Video footage of the Arctic Sunrise colliding with the Nisshin Maru
- Mirimar Ship Index
- Greenpeace Page on MV Arctic Sunrise
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