Tip of the AIS-berg? Russia’s Antarctic ‘Flying Dutchman’ ship spooks Estonia once more
Daily Maverick | 09.12.2025 03:54
The puzzling behaviour of a Russian state seismic survey ship with South African links is confounding maritime trackers in the Baltic Sea — all over again. The US-sanctioned Akademik Alexander Karpinsky, owned by the Kremlin mineral explorer Rosgeo, on Monday, 8 December, reported its location from an Estonian port — which it is banned from entering under EU war sanctions.
