CANADIAN RESEARCH ICEBREAKER

The Canadian Coast Guard Ship (CCGS) Amundsen is Canada’s only icebreaker equipped with state-of-the-art research facilities in support of national and international multidisciplinary research programs. The ship’s pool of equipment includes 65 scientific systems and 22 onboard and portable laboratories that can accommodate the needs of physical, chemical, and biological oceanographers, paleoceanographers, geologists, atmospheric researchers, remote-sensing specialists, and medical scientists.

Technical characteristics

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Mooring

Hydrobios

CTD-Rosette

Plankton Net

Liquid Nitrogen

CASQ

Scintillation Counter

Milli-Q

Sanyo Incubator

Glider

Cage

Weather Balloon

Hood

IKMT

Beam Trawl

MVP

ROV

Salinometre

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