RV Laurence M. Gould
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The RV Laurence M. Gould is an icebreaker used by researchers from the United States' National Science Foundation.[1][2] The vessel is named after Laurence McKinley Gould a widely recognized American scientist, who had explored both the Arctic and Antarctic.[3] He was second in command of Admiral Richard E. Byrd's first expedition to Antarctica from 1928 to 1930. He helped to set up an exploration base at Little America on the Ross Ice Shelf at the Bay of Whales and died shortly before the vessel was launched.[4]
The National Science Foundation charters RV Laurence M. Gould from Raytheon Polar Services, shuttling between Punta Arenas, Chile and to Palmer Station, Antarctica.[1][2] She was built in Louisiana, by Edison Chouest, in 1997, to replace the RV Polar Duke.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "R/V Laurence M. Gould". National Science Foundation. http://www.nsf.gov/od/opp/support/gould.jsp. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Raytheon Polar Services Company". Raytheon. Archived from the original on 2007-06-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20070630075808/http://rpsc.raytheon.com/AboutRPSC/documents/RPSCbrochure.pdf. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ↑ "Laurence McKinley Gould Online Exhibit". Carleton College. http://www.acad.carleton.edu/campus/archives/exhibit/Gould/. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- ↑ "Research and Supply Vessel Laurence M. Gould". Polar Science Station. http://www.literacynet.org/polar/pop/html/locations-gould.html. Retrieved 24 May 2009.
