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.