<html>
<head>
<style type='text/css'>
.h1 { font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;}
.h2 { font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; }
.p { font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<p>Dear Platform Group,<br />Additional information has been added for the vessel ERNEST SHACKLETON from FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS). <br />Please note flag correction from the UK to the Falkland Islands.<br /><br /><b>Original Requester : Susanne Reimert (susanne@ices.dk)</b><br /><br />Code : 74EE<br />Name : ERNEST SHACKLETON<br />Flag : FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS) - FK (ISO Country Code)<br />Call Sign : ZDLS1<br />Title : RRS<br />Platform Class : Research vessel<br />IMO : 9114256<br />Commissioned Date : 1999-08<br />Current Length : 80<br />Built : 1995<br />Notes : Built in Norway. BAS base supply vessel from 1999<br />Notes: Previous Name : POLAR QUEEN<br />Information Source : http://www.marine.gov.uk/ernest%20shackleton.htm (URL)<br /><br /><b>General Comments:</b><br />More info: http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/living_and_working/research_ships/rrs_ernest_shackleton/index.php<br />(added by: Anna Osypchuk - 06/05/2011 00:00:00)<br /><br />Built in Norway as the MV Polar Queen for a Norwegian shipping company in 1995. British British Antarctic Survey acquired the ship in August 1999 and it was renamed RRS Ernest Shackleton and re-registered in the Falkland Islands. <br />(added by: Roy Lowry - 11/04/2011 00:00:00)<br /><br />ICES added 2006-10-25<br />(added by: Susanne Reimert - 22/12/2006 08:39:00)<br /><br /><br />Kind regards,<br />The ICES Data Centre<br /><br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea <br />Email: accessions@ices.dk<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk<br /><br />Tel: +45 3338 6718 Fax: +45 3393 4215<br />H.C. Andersens Boulevard 44-46<br />1553 Copenhagen V. Denmark<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/requests" target="_new">ICES Platform Code Requests Application</a><br />Read the latest ICES Data Centre e-News <a href="http://www.ices.dk/datacentre/updates/DC_update.htm" target="_new">online</a><br /><br /></p><hr /><p>This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
</body>
</html>