KALININGRAD, August 18 (RIA Novosti) - The Admiral Vladimirsky oceanographic research ship of the Russian Baltic Fleet will leave Kronstadt near St. Petersburg and set sail on a 125-day long round-the-world voyage on Monday, the Baltic Fleet press service reported.
“During the transition the vessel will be conducting oceanographic research, collecting information for correction of nautical charts, guidelines and manuals for navigation, and will check radio navigation systems,” the statement said.
The vessel will sail along the Northern Sea Route and cross the Baltic, North and Barents seas, the Bering Sea, the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, then pass through Panama Canal to cross the Atlantic Ocean and passing the English Channel, the southern part of the North Sea, the Danish straits and finally will finish the circumnavigation in the Baltic Sea and return to her homeport Kronstadt.
Admiral Vladimirsky will visit five Russian ports: Murmansk, Dixon, Tiksi, Pevek, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, as well as four foreign ports: Vancouver (Canada), Corinto (Nicaragua), Havana (Cuba), and Brest (France).
