Heavy Icebreaker CCGS Terry Fox
The Terry Fox was built in 1983 at the Victoria Yard of the Burrard Yarrrows Corporation located in British Columbia, Canada. During the 1980s, The Terry Fox and the Arctic Kalvik supported Gulf Canada's oil operations in the Beaufort Sea. Not limited to excorting tankers through ice, these multipurpose ships were desgined to act as heavy tugs and supply vessels.
Acquired by the Canadian Coast Guard in 1992, the ship was named after the late cancer research activist Terry Fox. The vessel is stationed in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and now services the eastern Atlantic ocean during the winter and the eastern Arctic Ocean during summer.
The Terry Fox is the sister ship to the Vladimir Ignatjuk (formerly Arctic Kalvik).
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Last updated: 08-17-2005 16:25:25
