Akademik Shuleykin-class research vessel
The Akademik Shuleykin class consists of a series of Finnish-built ice-strengthened ships constructed for the USSR. Originally used for oceanographic research, several of these vessels have been converted for tourism in Arctic/Antarctic waters, accommodating approximately 50 passengers.
Akademik Shuleykin 1982 IMO: 8010324; renamed Polar Athena ;Akademik Shokalskiy, 1982 IMO: 8010336 Professor Molchanov, 1982 IMO: 8010348 Professor Khromov, 1983 IMO: 8010350; renamed Spirit of Enderby Professor Multanovskiy, 1983 IMO: 8010362 Akademik Gamburtsye, 1983 IMO: 8118994; 1997 renamed Fregat; 2003 renamed Nordsyssel ; 2014 renamed Polar Surveyor ; 2020 renamed Nansen Explorer and converted to polar expedition yacht for Nansen Polar ExpeditionsArnold Veymer, 1984 IMO 8119027; 1991 renamed Livonia; transferred to Estonia as a patrol and pollution cleanup ship, sold to Sweden and converted again Akademik Golitsyn, 1984 IMO: 8119003 Professor Polshkov, 1984 IMO: 8119015 Geolog Dmitriy Nalivkin, 1985 IMO: 8119039