05/08/2023, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Spitsbergen, Norway.

An icebreaker and combined research vessel, owned and operated by the German government, management is by Laeisz Reederei of Rostock, Germany.

Keel laid on 22/09/1981, launched on 29/01/1982, and completed on 09/12/1982.
Hull built by Howaldtswerke-DW, Kiel, Germany (707)
Fitting out & completion by Nobiskrug, Rendsburg, Germany 10,878 g.t. & 4,400 dwt., as:
'Polarstern'.

https://www.awi.de/.../research-vessel.../polarstern.html

Photo with the kind permission of Ovanes Agaryan.