CCGS Amundsen is a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker and Arctic research ship. The Canadian Coast Guard or CCG (Fr. ... US Coast Guard icebreakers near McMurdo Station, February 2002 An icebreaker is a special purpose ship designed to move and navigate through ice covered marine environments. ...

The ship was built in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the Burrard Dry Dock, and was launched in 1979. Her original name was the CCGS Sir John Franklin, after the accomplished, but ill-fated, Arctic and Antarctic explorer Sir John Franklin. Franklin died on an expedition to find the Northwest Passage. Generally North Vancouver is the suburb of Vancouver on the North Side of the Burrard Inlet except the area that is in West Vancouver. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... John Franklin (April 15, 1786 - June 11, 1847) was an English sea captain and Arctic explorer, whose fate — and that of his last expedition — was for many years a mystery. ... Popular Northwest Passage routes through the Canadian archipelago For the film of this name, see Northwest Passage (movie). ...

In July 1996, Canadian shipping company Canship contracted CCGS Sir John Franklin for use as an accommodations vessel during exploration work at a nickel mine in Voisey's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. July is the seventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

Decommisioned in 2000, CCGS Sir John Franklin was given new life in August 2003 as an Arctic Ocean research vessel after a consortium of Canadian universities and research centres, in partnership with the federal government, overhauled the vessel as a dedicated science ship. Renamed the CCGS Amundsen, after Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen, the vessel is crewed by the Canadian Coast Guard which uses the ship in icebreaking service in the Gulf of St. Lawrence during the winter months, after which she is free for research assignments. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Note: as an adjective (stressed on the second syllable instead of the first), august means honorable. ... 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Roald Amundsen Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872–June 18?, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. ... The Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the worlds largest estuary, is the outlet of North Americas Great Lakes via the Saint Lawrence River into the Atlantic Ocean. ...

One of the features of the refit was the addition of a moon pool, which enables scientists to lower scientific instruments without cutting a hole in the ice.