History
The DAGMAR AAEN was built as a fishing cutter in 1931 in the Danish city of Esbjerg at the N. P. Jensen shipyard and was given the registration number E 510.
The hull was built out of six cm oak planks and oak frames. The space between the single frames is sometimes so small, that a fist can hardly fit between them.
Because of this and due to the addition of extra waterproof bulkheads, the hull was given a remarkably high strength. The ship was often used in the Greenland region because of its solid built and its choice building materials. Journeys through ice-fields and months of overwintering in frozen fjords and bays meant daily routine to a ship of this type.
The famous Greenland explorer Knut Rasmussen chose just such a ship for one of his expeditions in the Arctic regions.
The DAGMAR AAEN was employed for the fishing industry until 1977. Niels Bach purchased her in 1988 together with the Peters shipyard in Wewelsfleth Germany and the Skibs & Bædebyggeri shipyard, owned by Christian Jonsson in Egernsund Denmark, built her into expedition ship with ice reinforcements. Since this time there have been many repairs and changes done at the shipyard, in order to adapt the ship to the different conditions on each expedition.
Equipment
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Call sign |
DIXX |
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Year of construction |
1931 |
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Shipyard |
N.P. Jensen Werft in Esbjerg, Danmark |
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Building materials |
6cm oak planks on oak frames hull coated with 6cm aluminium bow |
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Deck |
Oregon Pine |
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Mast and top mast |
22 metres high out of Douglas Pine |
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Length over all |
23,90 metres |
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Rumpflänge |
17,95 m |
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Beam |
4,80 metres |
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Draught |
2,50 metres |
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Sail area |
220 sq. metres |
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Sails |
1 mainsail with 3 reefs 1 staysail, 1 jib, 1 flying jib, 1 topsail, 1 trysail and 1 storm jib |
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Sail material |
Dacron |
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Engine |
Callesen Diesel, 3 cylinder, 180 h.p. at 500 rpm, variable pitch icee propeller |
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Auxiliary engines |
12 KW diesel generator 230/380 V, Fischer Panda |
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Fuel capacity |
4.800 ltrs |
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Navigation |
1 Furuno GPS, 1 Silva GPS, Furuno radar, Furuno sonar, AIS (Automatic Identification System) |
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Communication |
complete Thrane & Thrane:
Others: NOAA Sat. Receiver |
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Safety |
Liferaft 12 pers. especially equiped for the Arctic, |
Sailplan
Deckplan
Journeys
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1991 |
ICESAIL - Part 1 |
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1992 |
ICESAIL - Part 2 |
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1993 |
ICESAIL - Part 3 |
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1994 |
ICESAIL - Part 4 |
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1995 |
SEA, ICE & MOUNTAINS - Part 1 |
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1996 |
SEA, ICE & MOUNTAINS - Part 2 |
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1997 |
ARCTIC PASSAGES - Part 1 |
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1998 |
ARCTIC PASSAGES - Part 2 |
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1999 |
TRAINING SAIL |
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2000 |
SHACKLETON 2000 |
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2001 |
TRAINING SAIL |
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2002 |
NORTHEAST PASSAGE |
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2003 |
RING OF FIRE |
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2004 |
ICEBOUND |
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2006 |
EASTERN GREENLAND |
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2007 |
SVALBARD Circumnavigation of Svalbard |
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2008 |
TRAINING SAIL |
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2009 |
NORTH POLE DAWN |
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2010 |
NORTH ATLANTIC |
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2011 |
NORTH EAST GREENLAND |
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2012-13 |
EXPEDITION LOFOTEN Flensburg - Bergen - Alesund - Tromsö |
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2013 |
EXPEDITION SVALBARD |
| 2014 | PITTARAK Flensburg - Reykjavik - Scoresbysund - Tasiilaq - Isafjördur - Flensburg |
| 2015-16 | OCEAN CHANGE Hamburg - Vigo - Cap Verde - Guinea-Bissau - Rio de Janeiro - Ushuaia - Cape Hoorn - Antarctica - Ushuaia - Piriápolis - Rio de Janeiro - Azores - Brest - Hamburg |
| 2018 | OCEAN CHANGE - Turn the page Hamburg - Helgoland - Lerwick - Torshavn - Iceland - Tasiilaq - Siorapaluk - Qaanaaq - Aasiaat - Husavík |