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Seaspan launches new cutting-edge research vessel MINA KERR-LAZENBY
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Colossal, crimson and polished to glassy effect, the CCGS Naalak Nappaaluk is prepossessing as far as marine crafts go, but the Canadian Coast Guard’s new flagship science vessel is more than just a pretty face.
The Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel (OOSV), the fourth ship to be launched by Seaspan under its National Shipbuilding Strategy, was launched into local waters at an opening ceremony on Aug. 17 at the North Vancouver Shipyards. With an on-board computer, marine mammal observation station, ocean sampling room, oceanographic winch and permanent and portable labs, the ship will serve as a primary research tool for Fisheries and Oceans Canada. It is essentially a “floating laboratory,” said Robert Wight, the director general of vessel procurement at Fisheries and Oceans Canada. “All the equipment on board means we can go ... down into the silt at the bottom of the ocean, take a core, bring that up, lay that out on the deck of the ship and examine it right there and then,” he said. One of the vessel’s main purposes will be to track ocean conditions as they change through climate change, and how those impacts might affect fish populations, habitats, Continued on A27
Qiallak Nappaaluk christens a new Canadian Coast Guard vessel on Aug. 17 at The Shipyards in North Vancouver. The Seaspan-built Offshore Oceanographic Science Vessel is named after Qiallak’s father, the respected Nunavik Elder Naalak Nappaaluk. ROGER MAHLER PHOTOGRAPHY / SEASPAN
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