REMODELLING AND REPAIR WORK OF THE JAPANESE ANTARCTIC RESEARCH SHIP SOYA

The M. S. SOYA, formerly a lighthouse supply vessel belonging to the Maritime Safety Agency of the Japanese Government, was remodelled as an Antarctic research ship in 1956. After the 1 st Antarctic voyage in which the Japanese Antarctic Research Expedition established the Syowa Base in Ongul Island...

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Main Author: Yoichiro TOKUNAGA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1964-09-01
Series:Antarctic Record
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15094/00007365