ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A new $200 million tool for Arctic marine research is nearly complete at a Wisconsin shipyard.

After the crack of a champagne bottle Saturday, the 261-foot Sikuliaq (see-KOO’-lee-ack) — named for the Inupiat word for young sea ice — slid from a steel cradle and bobbed upright outside the Marinette Marine Corp, facilities in Marinette, Wis.