Limnological Institute
Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
+7 (3952) 42-65-04
info@lin.irk.ru

Baikal Research Fleet

The Institute owns the fleet consisting of four research vessels (RV) with various displacement (from 30 to 500 tons) and all necessary tools for sampling of organisms, water and bottom sediments in Lake Baikal.

НИС Академик В.А. Коптюг НИС Г.Ю. Верещагин
RV "Akademik V.A. Koptyug" Displacement – 452 t, built in 1975; crew – 12 people, expedition team – 18 people. RV "G.Yu. Vereshchagin" Displacement – 527,2 t, built in 1963; crew – 15 people, expedition team – 15 people.
НИС Г.Титов НИС И.Д. Папанин
RV "G. Titov" Displacement – 135 t, built in 1961; crew – 8 people, expedition team – 8 people. RV "I.D. Papanin" Displacement – 41.8 t, built in 1986; crew – 5 people, expedition team – 7 people.

Contact person for RV use Deputy Director for Institute Maintenance and Infrastructure Development, Vladimir A. Zheleznyakov.
Tel.: +7(3952) 42-57-48.