Expedition Conversion Candidate
Project Concordia
70-Metre Antarctic Ice-Strengthened Research Vessel — Conversion
230 ft (70 m) · North American Shipbuilding · ABS Ice-Strengthened · 1997
70-Metre Antarctic Ice-Strengthened Research Vessel — Conversion
230 ft (70 m) · North American Shipbuilding · ABS Ice-Strengthened · 1997
An ABS ice-strengthened hull built for Antarctic research service — high-latitude capability engineered from the keel up.
Serious volume for a 70-metre platform — the space to build an owner-standard expedition yacht within a proven hull.
Shipyard-built accommodation for crew, expedition staff and scientists — the framework for guest and owner suites.
Research-grade working deck and helideck capability for touch-and-go operations and expedition logistics.
A purpose-built Antarctic research vessel — the ice capability and ocean pedigree are already engineered in.
Standard capability is built into the hull today; optional systems are engineered in during conversion.
A conversion is far more than a technical upgrade. It is the transformation of a proven, ocean-tested hull into a yacht with new purpose, new value and a life of its own — and it rewards the owner who can see what others cannot.
The hull, machinery and class are proven. The conversion re-imagines everything above and around them for owner-standard global expedition service — from the tropics to the poles. In outline, the scope includes:
Design study of Project Concordia converted to an owner-standard global expedition yacht — helideck, hangar, submersible and tender handling, and owner decks above a proven ice-strengthened hull.
Conversion renderings — Grant Maughan Design. Indicative concept; final arrangement to owner specification.
The hull as she operates now — a purpose-built polar research vessel with the ice capability, deck space and ocean pedigree already engineered in.
Detailed specifications, the general arrangement, conversion pricing and the complete gallery are released to registered principals. Register your mission brief — it goes straight to Paul M. Madden.
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| Builder | North American Shipbuilding, USA |
|---|---|
| Type | Antarctic research / expedition vessel |
| Built | 1997 |
| LOA | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Beam (approx.) | ≈ 14 m |
| Gross Tonnage | ≈ 2,966 GT |
| Classification | ABS — ice-strengthened |
| Accommodation | ≈ 37 berths (as built) |
| Helideck | Helideck-capable working deck |
| Hull | Steel, ice-strengthened displacement |
Brochure in preparation. Principal particulars indicative, from build and class records; all figures to be confirmed at pre-purchase survey.
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Safe, comfortable expedition ops
Full owner-standard build
Vessel pricing is provided on application. Commercial-vessel prices move with charter and market conditions, so we do not publish them — contact Xplorer Yachts or register at XplorerYachts.com for current pricing. Conversion scope, and therefore cost, ranges from a yacht-support refit to a full global expedition yacht; a comparable new build is 36+ months.
Full general arrangement for Project Concordia is in preparation and is released to registered principals on request.
