“Kuninganna” is based on off-the-shelf sea kayak, which has a hull that provides ample payload capacity and shape well-suited for agile navigation in ice-infested shallow water areas and near the tidewater glacier margins. It is powered by Cadson thrusters providing required thrust and agility for maneuvering even in the challenging wind, sea and ice conditions.
Survey of marine-terminating Etonbreen glacier
2021 expedition to Wahlenbergfjord in Nordaustlandet
Study site at the Etonbreen glacier margin
M/V Stålbas at the Etonbreen glacier
Launching of "Kuninganna" at the Etonbreen
Kuninganna at work
Recovery of Kuninganna
Etonbreen
Survey progress was observed and controlled aboard the M/V Stålbas
Etonbreen
Images of combined Lidar and multibeam pointcloud data from the ice face
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