and she was unavailable throughout 2012. Amundsen departed on 26 July 2013 for deployment in the Arctic. The helicopter attached to Amundsen crashed in the Arctic on 9 September 2013, with a loss of three lives, including the commander, the helicopter pilot and an academic from the University of Manitoba. In July 2015, Amundsen was redirected from a 115-day science cruise to northern Baffin Bay to aid resupply ships for northern communities which were navigating heavy ice in Hudson Bay. On 24 August 2018, Amundsen was directed to assist , a research vessel that had run aground in the western Gulf of Boothia. Once on the scene, Amundsen and her helicopter were used to transfer passengers from the research vessel to Akademik Ioffes sister ship . References Notes Citations Sources External links http://www.amundsen.ulaval.ca/home.php# Pierre Radisson-class icebreakers Research vessels of Canada Arctic research Ships built in British Columbia 1979 ships