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Here's the story to accompany this awesome photo! https://www.floatboat.org/post/300-little-boats-one-big-arctic-journey

We are thrilled to have a collaboration with the Swedish Oden icebreaker team Polarforskningssekretariatet!

Swedish Icebreaker Oden Deploys Boats The Icebreaker Oden reached the North Pole on August 16, 2025, as a part of the Canada-Sweden Arctic Ocean 2025 expedition. After mooring the boat to the ice, they deployed 450 boats from from 13 institutions and an Ice Ball buoy. The boats were decorated by kids from several US schools, as well as....

https://www.floatboat.org/post/boat-reported-from-s%C3%ADlal%C3%A6kur

Boat Reported from Sílalækur in Northern Iceland Gudrun Emilsdottir reported boat 230580 from the beach in northern Iceland on June 20, 2025. The boat was decorated by Le Commandant Charcot cruise ship passengers and was deployed by August 2, 2023 at the North Pole.

https://www.floatboat.org/post/boat-reported-langanes-iceland

Boat Reported from Langanes, Iceland Michael Birkner reported a found boat in north east Iceland in the Langanes area. This boat, # 232220 was originally decorated in December 2023 by a participant in Polar Science Day at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington USA. It was then deployed via the Le Commandant Charcot on August...