shore power and the regional government supplied them with fresh water and provisions. The three vessels were finally able to leave Pevek in May 2017. MOSAiC Expedition During the 2019–2020 MOSAiC Expedition, Kapitan Dranitsyn carried out resupply voyages to the ice-locked German polar research vessel Polarstern. On 3 February 2020, Kapitan Dranitsyn set off for the second resupply voyage to Polarstern that was, at the time, drifting close to the North Pole. While the diesel-electric icebreaker eventually reached the German research vessel on 28 February and became the first icebreaker ever to operate at such high latitudes in mid-winter under her own power, she had expended most of her fuel reserves while tackling up to thick ice that had, in places, piled up to hummocks thick. As a result, Admiral Makarov'' was dispatched from Murmansk on a refueling mission. References External links Page devoted to the Kapitan Dranitsyn from VICTORY adventure EXPEDITIONS. Page devoted to my Kapitan Dranitsyn trip to Antarctica in 2001 "Quark Expedition in the Kapitan Dranitsyn." Icebreakers of Russia Research vessels of Russia Icebreakers of the Soviet Union Arctic research 1975 ships Murmansk Shipping Company Research vessels of the Soviet Union