Polarsyssel is a state-of-the-art platform supply vessel (PSV) of Havyard 832L L WE design, specially built for operations under extremely harsh conditions in the North Atlantic. She is 88.5 meters long and 17.6 meters wide.
The photo has been taken during her stay in Longyearbyen, which is the largest settlement and the administrative center of Svalbard, Norway.
[mappress] World Maritime News Staff, September 26, 2014; Image: Thor-Arild Hansen, Sysselmannen