September 23, 2019 Icebreakers set sail on multi-national research expedition to Central Arctic Written by Baird Maritime on September 23, 2019. Posted in Icebreaking, Marine Research and Training. The German icebreaker Polarstern (pictured) and the Russian icebreaker Akademik Fedorov have departed from the Norwegian port of Tromsø to bring a team of over 600 .. Read More