Icebreaker – German Research Icebreaker POLARSTERN
One of the German Government Ships is the 1982 built German research icebreaker POLARSTERN (meaning Pole Star) of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) in Bremerhaven, Germany. She was built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) in Kiel and Nobiskrug in Rendsburg as yard 707 with keel laid down on 22nd September 1981, launched on 6th January, […]
Yachting – 92m yacht TATOOSH
TATOOSH is a 303-foot (92 m) private yacht owned by the late Paul G. Allen , who also owned the 416-foot (127 m) OCTOPUS. She is now the world’s 56th largest superyacht. She was built at Nobiskrug, Germany for mobile phone magnate Craig McCaw. Her design and construction was done by Kusch Yachts and she was purchased […]
