Sikuliaq Commissioned, Ready to Begin Research

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The Research Vessel Sikuliaq was officially commissioned Saturday in a ceremony at the boat’s home port in Seward. The commissioning marked the end of decades of efforts to design and build it; and the beginning of its mission to research the Earth’s rapidly changing and increasingly important polar regions.

Tim Ellis is a reporter at KUAC in Fairbanks.

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