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It is 420 feet long, that's about one and a half soccer fields long.
The ship weighs 16,000 long tons. That means the ship needs about 36 million pounds of water so it will float. That's 4,500,000 gallon jugs of water.
There is 4,200 square feet of lab space, that's about the size of 2 houses. This lab space is ready for holding special ocean testing equipment, mixing chemicals, collecting water samples, keeping track of weather, developing pictures, and gathering information in a computer lab. Check out the pictures of some of our lab space.
The ship can break ice that is 8 feet thick.
Everything will still work if the outside temperature is -50 F, that's 82 degrees below freezing.
The ship has five cranes and lots of winches for lifting and moving heavy things.
The kitchen bought $210,000 worth of groceries for this trip. (More on the wonderful kitchen another day!)
About 130 scientists and crew can live on the ship.
A "Plan of the Day" is put up each day that gives the times for meals and meetings.
There is an exercise room with 3 sets of weights, 3 exercise bikes, 2 stair stepping machines, 2 treadmills, and 2 rowing machines.
There are two plastic owls taped to the front (bow) of the ship. They are meant to scare away other birds that want to land on the ship and leave a mess! The crew just used duct tape to keep them fastened, and they're as solid as a rock.
There are three "living rooms" to watch movies or just relax, and a library
full of books.
The ship is a home away from home, and a lab away from home, for us all.
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