Baltic Fleet's RV Admiral Vladimirsky sets out on its voyage around the world
Oceanographic Research Vessel of the Baltic Fleet "Admiral Vladimirsky" will set sail on August 18, 2014 from Kronstadt to embark on her 125-day long voyage around the world, the Ministry of Defense said.
The vessel will sail along the Northern Sea Route and cross the Baltic, North and Barents seas, the Bering Sea, the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, then pass through Panama Canal to cross the Atlantic Ocean and passing the English Channel, the southern part of the North Sea, the Danish straits and finally will finish the circumnavigation in the Baltic Sea and return to her homeport Kronstadt.
On the route the RV Admiral Vladimirsky will make calls at five Russian ports: Murmansk, Dixon, Tixi, Pevek, Petropavlovsk-Kamachatsky and four foreign ports: Vancouver, Canada, Corinto in Nicaragua, Cuban Havana and Brest, France.
During the transition the vessel will be conducting oceanographic research, collecting information for correction of nautical charts, guidelines and manuals for navigation, and will check radio navigation systems.