"Jan Mayen" is owned, manned and managed by a private company. The Institue of Marine Research uses the vessel approximately 75 days a year, mainly in the northernmost areas. Most research activities will be carried out in the Barents Sea and close to the ice rim, being built to top ice class (DnV Ice 1A).
During 1992 she was redesigned by Skipsteknisk a/s and refurbished at Båtbygg a/s as a research vessel. Jan Mayen has been chartered by The University of Tromsø since 1992 and the charter was recently extended until the year 2012.
"Jan Mayen" is owned, manned and managed by a private company. The Institue of Marine Research uses the vessel approximately 75 days a year, mainly in the northernmost areas. Most research activities will be carried out in the Barents Sea and close to the ice rim, being built to top ice class (DnV Ice 1A). 
