The polar station of the Tara Ocean Foundation will dock in Lorient (Morbihan) to be christened on April 24, 2025, before setting sail for its first mission in the Arctic.
The polar station of the Tara Ocean Foundation will set sail in April 2025 to reach Lorient (Morbihan), its future home port.
Launched in November 2024 in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Manche), Tara Polar Station is the new vessel of the Tara Ocean Foundation, built by CMN (Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie) to study the Arctic.
Launched in November 2024 in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Manche), Tara Polar Station is the new vessel of the Tara Ocean Foundation, built by CMN (Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie) to study the Arctic.
The polar station of the Tara Ocean Foundation will set sail in April 2025 to reach Lorient (Morbihan), its future home port.
Launched in November 2024 in Cherbourg-en-Cotentin (Manche), Tara Polar Station is the new vessel of the foundation, built by CMN (Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie) to study the Arctic.
Built from an aluminum alloy, the 27-meter-long vessel has a rounded shape to allow its hull to withstand the pressure of the ice it will get trapped in, serving as a drifting observatory and laboratory. It can accommodate a crew of 12 to 18 people, including sailors for navigation and, most importantly, scientists.
The station must follow the drift of the ice to take samples in the heart of the central Arctic during the polar winter.
The goal is to increase the number of eighteen-month expeditions so that the station will drift continuously for twenty years.
Source: ouest-france
