South Korea's first dedicated icebreaker ship will set out to explore the Arctic Ocean in the summer, a state-run oceanographic research institute said Monday.
The Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute said the Araon, a 7,487-ton icebreaker and research ship, will leave Incheon harbor on the west coast of South Korea on July 1 to survey the ocean until the end of August.
Scientists aboard the ship will be tasked with examining carbon dioxide flux in the polar region, conducting research via various atmospheric mooring buoys and collecting information on floating ice, it added.//Yonhap
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