Heavy Icebreaker CCGS Terry Fox

CCGS Terry Fox

The Terry Fox was built in 1983 at the Victoria Yard of the Burrard Yarrrows Corporation located in British Columbia, Canada. During the 1980s, The Terry Fox and the Arctic Kalvik supported Gulf Canada's oil operations in the Beaufort Sea. Not limited to escorting tankers through ice, these multipurpose ships were designed to act as heavy tugs and supply vessels. CCGS Terry Fox  ©  This image is copyrighted. ... CCGS Terry Fox  ©  This image is copyrighted. ... 1983 is an integer and composite number that represents a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Victorias Inner Harbour with the Provincial Legislature in the background. ... 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. ... Canada is a sovereign state in northern North America, the northern-most country in the world, and the second largest in total area. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Gulf Oil was a major United States oil company in the 1930s and 1940s. ... Approximate area of the Beaufort Sea, and the disputed waters The Beaufort Sea is a large body of water north of The Northwest Territories, the Yukon, and Alaska and west of Canadas arctic islands that is a part of the Arctic Ocean. ... A tanker is usually a vehicle carrying large amounts of liquid fuel. ... Icicles A natural ice block in Iceland Ice is the solid form of water. ... See Tug (disambiguation) for alternative meanings of tug. ...

Acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard in 1992, the ship was named after the late cancer research activist Terry Fox. The vessel is stationed in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and now services the eastern Atlantic ocean during the winter and the eastern Arctic Ocean during summer. The Canadian Coast Guard or CCG (Fr. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... When normal cells are damaged or old they undergo apoptosis; cancer cells, however, avoid apoptosis. ... Terry Fox on his run Terrance Stanley Fox (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian athlete and cancer treatment activist. ... Dartmouth is the smaller cross-harbour twin city to Nova Scotias capital of Halifax, now joined through municipal amalgamation into the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). ... The Atlantic Ocean is Earths second-largest ocean, covering approximately one-fifth of its surface. ... The Arctic Ocean, located mostly in the north polar region, is the smallest of the worlds five oceans, and the shallowest. ...

The Terry Fox is the sister ship to the Vladimir Ignatjuk (formerly Arctic Kalvik). Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Russia-related stubs | Russian ships | Icebreakers ...

Diagram of the CCGS Terry Fox and Arctic Kalvik  ©  This image is copyrighted. ...

References

• Haagse Modelboot Club Photo Terry Fox (http://www.modelbouw.org/terryfox/) Retrieved Jan 06, 2005
• Canadian Coast Guard CCGS Terry Fox Web Page (http://www.ccg-gcc.gc.ca/vessels-navires/details_e.asp?id=A-2) Retrieved Jan 06, 2005.
• K. Juurmaa, G. Wilkman Supply Operations in Ice Conditions  (http://intro.masa-yards.fi/publications/pdf/MombXSupplyOperations.pdf)Kvaeerner Masa-Yards, 24-28.2.2002