Engineering:Polar Pioneer

Short description: Akademik Shuleykin-class oceanographic research vessel

The Polar Pioneer in Shetland
History
Cyprus
Name:	Akademik Shuleykin (1982–2001) Polar Pioneer (2001–present)
Owner:	Polar Alca Maritime AB
Operator:	Polar Pioneer Management AS
Port of registry:	Leningrad, 1982–1993 Saint Petersburg, 1993–2012 Limassol, 2021-present
Builder:	Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, Turku, Finland
Yard number:	342
Completed:	7 July 1982
In service:	1982
Identification:	Call sign: 5BSP5 IMO number: 8010324 MMSI number: 273454860
Status:	In service
General characteristics
Class and type:	Akademik Shuleykin class research vessel 526 NT
Length:	71.06 m (233.1 ft)
Beam:	12.82 m (42.1 ft)
Draught:	4.5 m (15 ft)
Depth:	6.45 m (21.2 ft)
Decks:	2
Installed power:	2 × 6CHRNP 36/45 (6ЧРН36/45) 2,294 kilowatts (3,076 hp)
Propulsion:	1 controllable-pitch propeller
Speed:	26 km/h (16 mph; 14 kn)
Capacity:	54 passengers
Crew:	23

Polar Pioneer in the Errera Channel of Antarctica

Polar Pioneer is a Finnish-built expedition cruise ship managed by the Swedish shipowners Polar Alca Maritime AB.

The ship was built in Finland in 1982 as the Akademik Schuleykin (Russian: Академик Шулейкин), an ice-strengthened research ship, and for many years she plied the waters of the USSR's northern coast. In 2000 she was refurbished in St. Petersburg to provide comfortable accommodation for 54 passengers.

Her sister ships are Akademik Shokalskiy, Arnold Veymer, Akademik Gamburtsev, Professor Molchanov, Professor Multanovskiy, Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, Professor Polshkov, Professor Khromov.

Polar Pioneer is chartered by Polar Pioneer Management AS.

Specifications

• Length 71.61 metres
• Beam 12.8 metres
• Draft 4.5 metres
• Cruising Speed 10 knots
• Displacement 2140 tons
• Registry Cyprus
• Classification society RINA
• Equipment: Zodiacs, Kayaks, Diving (some trips), Ice Climbing (some trips), Camping (some trips).

External links

• Polar Pioneer Management AS
• Polar Alca Maritime AB
• Polar Cruises