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Project 22220, also known through the Russian type size series designation LK-60Ya, [note 1] is a series of Russian nuclear-powered icebreakers.The lead ship of the class, Arktika, was delivered in 2020 and surpassed the preceding Soviet-built series of nuclear-powered icebreakers as the largest and most powerful icebreaker in the world.
The United States, Canada and Finland will work together to build up their icebreaker fleets as they look to bolster their defenses in the Arctic, where Russia has been increasingly active, the ...
This is a list of icebreakers and other special icebreaking vessels (except cargo ships and tankers) capable of operating independently in ice-covered waters. Ships known to be in service are presented in bold .
Nuclear icebreaker Yamal, 2015. A nuclear-powered icebreaker is an icebreaker with an onboard nuclear power plant that produces power for the vessel's propulsion system. . Although more expensive to operate, nuclear-powered icebreakers provide a number of advantages over their diesel-powered counterparts, especially along the Northern Sea Route where diesel-powered icebreaker operations are ...
The Arktika class is a Russian (formerly Soviet) class of nuclear-powered icebreakers.Also known by their Russian designations Project 10520 (first two ships) and Project 10521 (from third ship onwards), they were the world's largest and most powerful icebreakers until the 2016 launch of the first Project 22220 icebreaker, also named Arktika.
During the 2004–2005 season (Operation Deep Freeze 2005), the United States Antarctic Program hired the Krasin as a secondary vessel to help clear a channel to McMurdo Station [7] because the Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star faced a record cut through fast ice of more than 90 miles (140 km).
As traditional icebreaker-led convoys were seen preferable over independently-operating ships, the principal characteristics such as a beam of 40–42 metres (131–138 ft) and capability of breaking up to 3.5 metres (11 ft) thick ice were specified with escorting of large-tonnage ships in mind. [10]
Moskva (Russian: Москва; literally: Moscow) was a Soviet polar icebreaker and the lead ship of a series of five diesel-electric icebreakers named after major Soviet cities. She was built at Wärtsilä Hietalahti shipyard in Helsinki , Finland , in 1959 and when delivered was the largest and most powerful non-nuclear icebreaker ever built.