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For Norway’s newest icebreaker, it’s (almost) to the pole and back

Thicker-than-expected ice prevented the Kronprins Haakon from reaching the North Pole.

By Kevin McGwin July 22, 2019
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Norway’s most advanced polar-research vessel will end its summer expedition to the Arctic early after thick ice prevented the Kronprins Haakon from reaching the North Pole.

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