RV Polar Duke
research vessel
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- RV Polar Duke
- IMO number
- 8200838
- MMSI
- —
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- —
- Vessel type
- research vessel
- Gross tonnage
- 1,594
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 67 m
- Beam
- —
- Year built
- 1983
- Builder
- Vaagen Verft
- Registered owner
- GC Rieber Shipping
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About RV Polar Duke
The RV Polar Duke is a 219-foot ice-strengthened research vessel built in 1983. Polar Duke was designed specifically for scientific research with wet and dry laboratories, and an electronic workshop and laboratory. The hull is constructed similar to that of an icebreaker, but the ship isn’t as powerful as an icebreaker. It was originally equipped with a stern A-frame crane and helicopter deck; these were both removed in a major refit in 1998. Polar Duke was chartered by the National Science Foundation for use in support of the United States Antarctic Program (USAP) from January 1985 until June 1997. The "Duke" transported supplies and personnel between Palmer Station, Antarctica and the port of Punta Arenas, Chile, on the Strait of Magellan, for 13 years, providing seagoing and shore-based research support in waters and islands in the Drake Passage and around the Antarctic Peninsula.
Summary from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
Frequently asked questions
- Where is RV Polar Duke now?
- RV Polar Duke has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is RV Polar Duke?
- RV Polar Duke is a research vessel, built in 1983 by Vaagen Verft. The vessel is 67 m long and has a gross tonnage of 1,594.
- Who owns RV Polar Duke?
- RV Polar Duke is registered to GC Rieber Shipping. Ownership data is compiled from public registries and shown free on Seadar.
- Has RV Polar Duke been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for RV Polar Duke appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).