Sedna IV (vessel)

The "Sedna IV" is a 50 metre (165 ft) three-masted schooner which has been used for scientific expeditions and the filming of documentaries.

Built by Abeking & Rasmussen in Germany in 1957 as a fishing trawler, refitted as a sailing vessel in 1992, she was equipped with a film studio in 2001 when a Canadian film crew acquired her. The ship was previously named "Saint Kilda". "Sedna IV" is fitted out with a cutting room and an equipment room containing high-definition filmmaking apparatus. The crew can use the onboard high-precision scientific equipment to gather, compile and analyze data to fulfill the expedition's scientific research program. The schooner is also connected to the internet via satellite, enabling land-based researchers to become virtual mariners.

The schooner has a 78,000-litre diesel reserve giving her a range of convert|10000|nmi|km|-4. She is also equipped with 960 square metres of sailcloth.

External links

* [http://sedna.tv/spip/accueil.php3?lang=en The Sedna IV on a mission in Antarctica] , October, 2005 - November 2006
* [http://www.whales-online.net/eng/3/3-1-2-04.html#14 The Sedna IV on a mission in the St. Lawrence] , press release, July 8, 2004
* [http://www.onf.ca/aventures/sedna/baleinefranche/index_en.jsp Right Whale Mission] , 2003
* [http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=51596 Artic Mission, The Series] , 2002
* [http://www.onf.ca/aventures/sedna/arcticmission/index.html Artic Mission, The Mission] , 2002
* [http://www.athropolis.com/news/sedna.htm "The Sedna IV Sails the Northwest Passage", Arthropolis, November 25 2002]