Icebeaking sightseeing boat “Aurora” (おーろら) at Utoro Port, Hokkaido, Japan, on 22nd August 2019
Owner: Doto Kanko Kaihatsu, Shari
Port of registry: Abashiri
Builder: Nippon Kokan K.K., Tsurumi, Yokohama
Gross tons: 491
Deadweight: 280
Length overall: 45 m
Maximum speed: 14.3 knots
Passenger capacity: 400
Completed 1990
Area of operation: in the drift-ice on the Sea of Okhotsk out of Abashiri in winter; cruises along the Shiretoko Peninsula out of Utoro during the rest of the year.