Akademik Shokalskiy

	Akademik Shokalskiy moored in Ushuaia
History
Russia
Name	Akademik Shokalskiy
Owner	Russian Federation (Far Eastern Hydrometeorological Research Institute, Vladivostok)
Operator	2011-2012: Aurora Expeditions, Sydney, Australia ; 2013-2014: Australasian Antarctic Expedition;
Port of registry	1982–1992: Vladivostok ; 1992–2013: Vladivostok ;
Builder	Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, Turku, Finland
Yard number	343
Launched	10 March 1982
Identification	Call sign: UBNF; IMO number: 8010336; MMSI number: 273458210;
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class and type	Akademik Shuleykin-class research vessel, now Polar Pioneer-class cruise ship
Tonnage	1,764 GT; 529 NT; 620 DWT;
Displacement	2,140 tonnes
Length	71.06 m (233 ft 2 in)
Beam	12.82 m (42 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.50 m (14 ft 9 in)
Ice class	RMRS UL
Installed power	Two 6ChRN 36/45 diesel engines (2 × 1,147 kW)
Propulsion	Single shaft; controllable-pitch propeller
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Capacity	54 passengers
Crew	30

MV Akademik Shokalskiy (Russian: Академик Шокальский) is an Akademik Shuleykin-class ice-strengthened ship, built in Finland in 1982 and originally used for oceanographic research. In 1998 she was fully refurbished to serve as a research ship for Arctic and Antarctic work; she is used also for expedition cruising. She is named after the Russian oceanographer Yuly Shokalsky.

For two weeks from 25 December 2013 Akademik Shokalskiy was trapped in thick ice in Commonwealth Bay, Antarctica, while operating an expedition for the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013–2014. The scientists and passengers were evacuated on 2 January.

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