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Arctic Coring Expedition (ACEX): Paleoceanographic and tectonic evolution of the central Arctic Ocean
In August - September 2004, the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program
embarked on its first "Mission-Specific Platform" expedition to drill the
Lomonosov Ridge in the Arctic Ocean. The expedition consisted of three ships -
the 75,000 HP Nuclear Icebreaker "Sovietskiy Soyuz", the Swedish
icebreaker "ODEN", and the Baltic icebreaker "Vidar Viking" which was
specially modified to function as a drill ship |