Russian research vessel and tourist ship Akademik Ioffe anchored off Half Moon Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Looking through an Antarctic iceberg arch to the Akademik Ioffe research ship on the horizon, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Russian research ship Akademik Ioffe moored in the flooded volcanic caldera of Deception Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

Russian research vessel and tourist ship Akademik Ioffe anchored off Pleneau Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, Polar Regions

A view of the expedition ship Akademik Shokalskiy operating in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway

The Akademik Sergey Vavilov, an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Antarctica, in Paradise Bay in the Antarctic Peninsular, which is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

The Russian research vessel, AkademiK Sergey Vavilov an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Northern Svalbard, with clients on the prow at over 80 degrees north in rotten sea ice, some 550 miles from the North Pole. Latest research shows the Arctic will be ice free in the summer by around 2054.

The deck of the Akademik Sergey Vavilov, an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Antarctica, off the Antarctic Peninsular at the Gerlache Strait. The Antarctic Peninsular is one of the most rapidly warming places on the planet.

Passengers on Zodiaks off the Russian research vessel, AkademiK Sergey Vavilov an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Northern Svalbard in front of a glacier.

Emissions from the Akademik Sergey Vavilov, an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Antarctica, in Paradise Bay in the Antarctic Peninsular, which is one of the fastest warming places on the planet.

Passengers on Zodiaks off the Russian research vessel, AkademiK Sergey Vavilov an ice strengthened ship on an expedition cruise to Northern Svalbard in front of the Aalkefjellet (79 ̊ 36’n 18 ̊ 27’e) sea bird nesting cliffs, home to over 60,000 pairs of Brunnichs Guillemot, Hinlopenstretet Spitsbergen;

Vernadsky Research Base (Akademik Vernadsky), Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica

Vernadsky Research Base (Akademik Vernadsky), Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica

Vernadsky Research Base (Akademik Vernadsky), Ukrainian Antarctic Station at Marina Point on Galindez Island in the Argentine Islands, Antarctica

Russian expedition ship Akademik Sergey Vavilov operating from Ushuaia, Argentina to the Antarctic Peninsula in Antarctica, Southern Ocean

A view of the expedition ship Akademik Shokalskiy operating in the Svalbard Archipelago, Norway.