National Science Foundation funds new UAF research vessel.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: EDUCATION

The University of Alaska Fairbanks has received initial funding from the National Science Foundation to build the Alaska Region Research Vessel, a 236-foot, $123 million icebreaking vessel. The vessel would support research in high latitudes. The foundation's $2.5 million grant will fund the first of four phases of construction. The vessel will be owned by the NSF and operated by UAF on behalf of the ocean sciences community, through the University-National...