CCGS Roald Amundsen

The CCGS Roald Amundsen is a Polar 8 class Icebreaker in service in the Canadian Coast Guard. Originally, it was going to be the second Polar 8-class icebreaker, however the death of former Prime Minister Robert Stanfield caused the Minister of Defense, Romeo Dallaire to rename it the CCGS Robert Stanfield. Afterwards, a second pair of Polar 8 icebreakers would be ordered under the names CCGS John Edward Broadbent and CCGS Roald Amundsen on May 18^th, 2007. The Roald Amundsen would be launched on June 23^rd, 2009 and commissioned in November that same year.