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In cooperation with the Nansen Legacy programme led by UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Akvaplan-niva will contribute to a PhD course during a research cruise to the Northern Barents Sea. The cruise will start in Tromsø on May 14th and end in Tromsø on May 22nd. The key idea behind the cruise is to carry out a detailed characterization of the Polar Front using a combination of traditional and autonomous sampling platforms and techniques. To this end, Equinor is financing the deployment of...

Autonomous boats: The rise of self-sailing vessels 0shares Sam Fortescue reports on the latest developments in autonomous boats and self-sailing technology, which is ready to be deployed in a variety of uses from weather monitoring to shipping ‘Vessel not under command’ looks set to take on a new meaning, with the race to develop a new generation of autonomous boats sailed by artificial intelligence (AI). But what will it mean for other water users? Today we’re all familiar with the...