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''Aurora Borealis'' is a proposed European research icebreaker, comparable to the world's strongest icebreakers,〔(Data Sheet for Overview ). 〕 planned jointly by a consortium of fifteen participant organizations and companies〔 〕 from ten European nations. If built, she would be the largest icebreaker ever built as well as the first icebreaker built to the highest Polar class, PC1. The unique feature of the proposed vessel is its ability to perform scientific deep sea drilling in a sea ice covered ocean. The ship is proposed to have an operational lifetime of 35 to 40 years, with the main area of operations being the inner Arctic Ocean. ==History and background== The planning for the vessel started in 2002. The project is coordinated by the European Polar Board, an expert board of the European Science Foundation.〔 〕 In March 2007 the BMBF (the German Federal Ministry for Science and Education) funded the preparations for ''Aurora Borealis'', the Helmholtz Association center Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research hosted this project. In 2010, the German Council of Science and Humanities stopped to support the planning which made the future of the 800 million euro ship, designed by Schiffko〔 (nowadays Wärtsilä Ship Design〔), uncertain. The project has been delayed, and a slightly smaller and cheaper (less than 500 million euro) version, ''Aurora Slim'', has been suggested by the Finnish engineering company Aker Arctic.〔(Finnish ship designers blaze trail to Arctic maritime routes ). Helsingin Sanomat, 8 January 2012. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aurora Borealis (icebreaker)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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